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- HOMECOST REGISTRATION $10.00
-
- INTENDED USERS: First time home buyers, second time home
- buyers, and home owners considering refinancing.
-
- PURPOSE OF PROGRAM: To save you money by evaluating
- different home & mortgage options.
-
- OPERATION: Input the variables pertaining to your situation
- or just press enter to use default values. The program
- outputs a cost schedule for the number of years projected
- and also determines the monthly cost in present dollars for
- owning your home. If you are presently renting you can
- compare the monthly cost in present dollars to your rent to
- see if it is economical to buy a house or not. If you are a
- first or second time buyer you can enter info for different
- houses or different mortgages. The monthly cost in present
- dollars provides a reference point for comparing different
- options.
-
- FILES: HOMECOST.EXE
- HOMECOST.DOC
- DFLT.DAT
-
- This program has the potential of saving you thousands of
- dollars. If it saves you money then don't forget about me
- (please register it). Thank you.
-
-
- WHAT YOU GET IF YOU REGISTER
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 1. The most current copy of HOMECOST
-
- 2. A copy of the printed manual (if one has been written).
-
- 3. Notice of upgrades and new releases.
-
- 4. A registration number and phone number to call in case of
- problems.
-
- PLEASE SEND REGISTRATION FEE TO:
-
- STEPHEN NOONAN
- 151 HAMPSHIRE DRIVE
- GLASTONBURY, CT 06033
-
- WHERE TO GET INFORMATION FOR THE INPUT VARIABLES
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- LIST PRICE - Real estate agent, multiple listing service,
- newspaper, or owner.
-
- DOWN PAYMENT - just input the amount you are willing to put
- down.
-
- MORTGAGE RATE - Bank, lending institutions, real estate
- agent, or newspaper
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- POINTS - Bank, lending institutions, real estate agent, or
- newspaper
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- MORTGAGE YEARS - see "MORTGAGE RATE" above. Also, if there
- is no prepayment penalty, you can check the effect of paying
- mortgage off early by entering fewer years than the
- standard mortgage.
-
- CLOSING COSTS - Real estate agent, bank, lawyer
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- PROPERTY TAX RATE - Get taxes from real estate agent,
- multiple listing service, or owner. Divide taxes by list
- price to get property tax rate.
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- INSURANCE RATE - get estimated insurance from real estate
- agent or insurance agent. Divide insurance by list price to
- get insurance rate.
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- MAINTENANCE RATE - get estimated maintenance costs from real
- estate agent or owner. Divide maintenance costs by list
- price to get maintenance rate.
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- BANK RATE - use rate for certificate of deposit that has a
- maturity about the same length of time as you plan to stay
- in yor house. Get rate from bank.
-
- INFLATION RATE - bank, radio, library, gov't publications
-
- APPRECIATION RATE - get history on houses in area from town
- hall, newspaper, or real estate agent. Appreciation rate is
- the annual rate of increase in housing prices.
-
- TAX BRACKET - Derive from tax table in IRS tax form 1040.
-
- TB = (T1-T2)/500 ("/" means "divided by")
-
- where TB = TAX BRACKET
- T1 = TAXES ON YOUR EARNINGS(from tax table)
- T2 = TAXES IF YOUR EARNINGS WERE $500 LESS
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- ZERO BRACKET AMOUNT - get from IRS tax form 1040.
-
- YEARS PROJECTED - enter the number of years you plan on
- staying in house before selling it.