by SonnyBlackstein » Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:04 am
116street wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:14 am
SonnyBlackstein wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:58 am
Property taxes of $40k a year. On a $1.1mil house.
Ridiculous.
And you gotta pay those
The math on that number is staggering. 4% of your house value, you have to pay to the government, every year. Every 25yrs in perpetuity you are paying off your mortgage again and again, to the government. You need to earn almost $70k a year, every year, purely for your property taxes, again, in perpetuity. And that $70k a year? ALL of it goes to the government.
With interests rates at near zero, imagine the money you would need in savings to pay that figure in interest.
A $1million dollar house isn’t for the super rich. A household income of $200-250k should be looking in that range, that’s 100-125k per partner. Not rich AT ALL. That’s mid level profession. A lot of cops earn that, doctors way more.
Do the math in the unaffordability of the house now.
For perspective that’s TEN TIMES the average rate in Canada. Ten times. And we’re talking Canada. A left country.
This is a perfect example of how government just grows and grows and gets massively out of control.
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Property taxes of $40k a year. On a $1.1mil house.
Ridiculous.
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And you gotta pay those😁
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The math on that number is staggering. 4% of your house value, you have to pay to the government, every year. Every 25yrs in perpetuity you are paying off your mortgage again and again, to the government. You need to earn almost $70k a year, every year, purely for your property taxes, again, in perpetuity. And that $70k a year? ALL of it goes to the government.
With interests rates at near zero, imagine the money you would need in savings to pay that figure in interest.
A $1million dollar house isn’t for the super rich. A household income of $200-250k should be looking in that range, that’s 100-125k per partner. Not rich AT ALL. That’s mid level profession. A lot of cops earn that, doctors way more.
Do the math in the unaffordability of the house now.
For perspective that’s TEN TIMES the average rate in Canada. Ten times. And we’re talking Canada. A left country.
This is a perfect example of how government just grows and grows and gets massively out of control.