Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.taxes Subject: Re: 15yr vs 30yr mortgages Message-ID: <129600005@hpcvla.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 12:03:00 EST Article-I.D.: hpcvla.129600005 Posted: Mon Mar 17 12:03:00 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Mar-86 06:35:42 EST References: <403@inuxh.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 15 Nf-ID: #R:inuxh:-40300:hpcvla:129600005:000:478 Nf-From: hpcvla!john Mar 17 09:03:00 1986 <<<<<< < < What I'm talking about is how *good it feels* to own your own house < free and clear after 15 years, even if you waste money getting there. < The only way to waste money by opting for a 15 yr over a 30 yr loan is if interest rates rise to greater than your loan. If you had a 30 yr loan and invested what you saved with the lower payments then after 15 yrs this investment would be large enough to pay off your home in full. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john