Simple Investing Method: Buy a Home or Rent and Invest
Simple Investing Method: Buy a Home or Rent and Invest
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Simple Investing Method, PC Huang
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Simple Investing Method, PC Huang
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2024/11/23
Buying a Home or Renting and Investing: Sample Scenario
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Buying a home or renting and investing: sample scenario
- Home price and loan terms
- Total price: NT$4,000,000
- Down payment: NT$1,200,000 (30%)
- Loan: NT$2,800,000 (70%)
- Loan term: 30 years
- Mortgage rate: 2%, amortized principal and interest
- Calculation assumes self-use, not rental or investment property
2024/11/23 Reference: Simple Investing Method - Buying a Home or Renting and Investing
Taxes and Fees Excluded; Management Fees Paid by Tenant; Utilities Needed Either Way; Repairs Paid by Owner
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Sample assumptions:
- All taxes and fees excluded.
- Management fee paid by tenant.
- Water, electricity, gas, and phone are needed whether owning or renting.
- Home repairs are paid by the owner.
- Annualized home appreciation: 5%.
- Taiwan house tax: 1.2%.
- Taiwan mortgage rate: about 2%.
- Taiwan home price index annual growth rate: about 7.26%.
- Rent: NT$15,000 per month, rising 2% per year. Taiwan inflation over the past decade was about 2% to 3%.
- 00662 annualized return: 14%.
Final Net Assets: NT$17.29 Million; Annualized Return: 4.33%
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Buying result:
Home price: NT$4,000,000. Loan-to-value: 70%. Mortgage: NT$2,800,000. Down payment: NT$1,200,000. Monthly payment is about NT$12,400. Over 30 years, total interest is about NT$840,000, total principal and interest is about NT$3,640,000, and total invested cost is about NT$4,840,000.
Final net assets: NT$17.29 million, annualized return 4.33%.
Renting and Investing Result
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Renting and investing:
Inflation setting: 2%, consistent with Taiwan's past decade of about 2% to 3%.
Rental period: 30 years, matching the mortgage term.
Initial monthly rent: NT$15,000, rising 2% annually. Total rent over 30 years is NT$608,500.
Initial investment: NT$1,200,000 down payment invested instead.
Monthly investment: NT$8,400, calculated from the same total outflow as buying after subtracting rent.
Investment return: 14%, using 00662 as the assumed annual return.
Total investment amount: NT$4.23 million. Ending investment assets: NT$97.12 million. Net total after rent: NT$96.51 million. Annualized return: 10.49%.
Comparing Buying Net Assets of NT$17.29 Million With Renting and Investing in 00662 at NT$96.51 Million, the Difference Is NT$79.22 Million
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Conclusion:
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We often hear the myth: the mortgage is NT$12,400 per month, while rent is NT$15,000 per month; after 30 years the house still belongs to someone else, so why rent instead of buy?
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Comparing buying net assets of NT$17.29 million with renting and investing in 00662 at NT$96.51 million, the difference is NT$79.22 million. Which would you choose?
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Can NT$4,000,000 buy a new house today? After another 30 years, will that old house really be valuable?
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Another myth is that young people can use a 40-year mortgage. That makes the gap even larger.
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Buying net assets: NT$28.16 million, annualized return 4.16%.
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Renting and investing net assets: NT$326.88 million, annualized return 10.95%.
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The difference reaches NT$298.72 million.
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