Toxicity wrote:Talking of mortgages wifey works in a bank and there is talk of her taking the mortgage as I help finance 6% rate..I am of opinion she takes a normal loan and buy land plus my savings and construct..Opinions?
Is the mortgage is tied to the condition that it has to be a finished house? If not, take the hybrid route, buy some land with a loan/savings, then get a mortgage to do the construction, unless the loan and mortgage interest rates are similar, and for bank employees they usually are, in which case I would say you are right.
Finished houses are a racket. A vehicle for supernormal profits for developers, a debt-monkey on the back of the buyer for 20 years. The remoteness and dust is a lesser evil, and you are free to try something new in 5 or 6 years after you are debt free and have a house of last resort already complete.
My 2 cents.