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\"\"<\/a>When it comes to the great mortgage debate, I’ve already explained my position regarding 15- and 30-year loans: 30-year loans are better<\/a> for a multitude of reasons. In fact, I think it’s a no-brainer. But does it make financial sense to pay that 30-year loan off faster when the Fed is rapidly debasing the dollar with its insane quantitative easing (QE) program<\/a>?<\/p>\n

As you’re about to see, the evidence suggests that it’s not.<\/p>\n

More Flexibility Means Less Risk<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the biggest advantages of the 30-year loan is its flexibility. After all, holders of 30-year loans can always make the extra payments required to pay them off in 15 years, should they choose to do so.<\/p>\n

However, the poor guy with a 15-year note who suddenly gets laid off or runs into other unexpected financial difficulties, can’t reduce his payments in order to stretch that 15-year mortgage into a 30-year loan. Sure, he could try to refinance, but that can be difficult — especially for the unemployed.<\/p>\n

Of course, the trade-off for having additional flexibility is higher interest payments.<\/p>\n

I remember when I bought my first home in 1990, interest rates were in double-digit territory. Today, 30-year loans make more sense than ever with mortgage interest rates at or near all-time lows; as of June 2020, a home buyer with good credit could easily find a 30-year loan for 3.375% and 15-year loans for an incredible 2.75%.<\/p>\n

Assuming a $200,000 loan — and a very<\/strong><\/em> conservative annual inflation rate of 3% — the impacts of those higher interest payments over time at today’s rates and can be seen in the following chart:<\/p>\n

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Obviously, folks with a 30-year mortgage are going to pay more interest, whether or not they make the extra payments required to retire their loan in roughly 15-years. Then again, how much<\/em><\/strong> more depends on how picky they are about getting the loan paid off in exactly 15 years.<\/p>\n

In my example, a 30-year $200,000 mortgage at 3.375% results in a monthly payment of $884; and if you wanted to pay off that same 30-year loan in exactly<\/em><\/strong> 15 years, you could do so by increasing the monthly payments to $1424. (That’s $540 more than the minimum payment.)<\/p>\n

In nominal terms, a homeowner will pay $118,309 in interest to the lender — that’s more than $70,000 compared to the 15-year loan at 2.750%! Alternatively, faithfully making monthly payments over the life of the loan equal to the 15-year mortgage at 2.75% ($1357) results in far-lower additional nominal interest costs of $14,330. However<\/em><\/strong> …<\/p>\n

When one considers the declining value of those dollars over time (as shown in the Present Value column), the analysis is quite different because the resulting financial impacts aren’t as pronounced. In fact, the 15-year mortgage is actually “just” $12,994 cheaper in today’s dollars than the 30-year loan. So those who desire the flexibility of a 30-year mortgage with lower monthly payments still pay a premium for that convenience — but it’s just $36 per month in today’s dollars. Not bad.<\/p>\n

One last observation: For this example, paying off a 30-year mortgage early probably isn’t worth the effort. As the Present Value column indicates, even if the 30-year loan is retired in half the time, the real<\/em> <\/strong>savings amount to little more than $3000.<\/p>\n

So there you have it. Hopefully, this little example provides you with a bit more insight into just how much extra it currently costs to take on a 30-year loan over its 15-year cousin.<\/p>\n

Yes, people who prefer the numerous advantages of a 30-year loan over a 15-year mortgage are always going to pay more interest.<\/p>\n

But for those who are looking for the extra flexibility of a 30-year loan as a hedge against a sudden loss of income or the prospect of high inflation<\/a>, the added premium is a relative bargain — and if the Fed’s QE program continues to debauch the currency even more in the future, those resultant savings in real<\/strong><\/em> terms would be even greater.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: James Thompson<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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