If you’re saving up for your dream home, these straightforward steps will guide you on how to get it done, minimizing your anxiety.
For many people, buying a home remains the highlight of a successful career, and they would do anything for it. However, when they consider the consistently upward home prices, they wonder if it is ever possible to do so without going insolvent. The good news is it’s possible!
1. Be realistic.
Pick a home that has just about what you need (not want). You must realize that getting your dream house is a marathon and not a sprint. At first, you may not exactly have all that you want, but you must still lookout for homes that have all you need. If you try to choose a house with all that you want, you may use all of your income to service debts.
Settle in your mind how much you can comfortably put aside to get a new home, remembering that your housing expenses should never be more than 30% of your income.
2. Pay off your debts
Keep in mind; this may look counterproductive; however, it works all the time! Combining mortgage with other debts would only increase your payback period.
However, if you can pay off other debts before taking on a mortgage, it would free up space for you to pay a more significant chunk for your home monthly, drastically lessening the time you have to move in.
3. Live in the future.
You can consume the culture of living as though you have already started paying for your mortgage now. If you are looking to get a mortgage in the future, you can begin setting aside a fraction of the total of your future mortgage payment into your savings account and treat it as yet another monthly bill.
Allowing you to get used to paying a bigger mortgage can also be an additional top-up to your payment when you eventually start paying.
4. Join a property village banking community.
It is usually said, “If you want to go fast, you should go alone; however, you must go with others if you want to go far.”
Saving up towards your dream home needs a degree of accountability. With village banking offers, you can unite with friends or investors with similar property and investment goals to contribute money every month. These funds go towards buying or building a property. This way, you can be more accountable.
5. Spend less.
No cap, the easiest way to save up is to spend less. How about you reduce your current expenses by 15% across the board? You may think that it would not make a lot of difference; however, you’ll find that you have enough money to cater to your down payment when you do that for all of your expenses.
Let us know if these tips for saving up for your dream home are helpful to you.
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