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He computed that he paid a total of $200K in instalments but the oustanding loan decreased by only $60K. How is this possible? During the Aisan crisis interest rates went up to 6-8% depending on which bank you got your loan. 8% on a 800K loan is a whopping $64K a year roughly $5K a month on interest alone. Not to mention the depreciation of the property during that time.Interest rates today are artificially low. They may be low for many years but if you look at a window of 2 decades chances are you will hit a duration of extremely high rates.
- http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2011/12/housing-debt-slavery-how-it-can-occur.html
- http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2011/12/housing-debt-slavery-how-it-can-occur.html