even if you get an excellent rate on a CD, there is a predetermined time period that you have to keep the money in there to reach the goal. so i dont understand how they are taking out a loan (and the monthly payments have to be paid regardless)- but then taking the money they needed and locking it up for any amount of time, so .... what.... they have to borrow more to pay the loan payments??????
i am confused.
why not just go out and get another job. military provides childcare if you are in active duty. get another job and good birth control? or am i going cuckoo?
(there are programs out there, grants, government assistance, etc to help people strapped for cash)
i just dont see how taking out such a large loan now will help in the long run in terms of buying a house or how it will even help them develop healthy spending habits?
Our loan is 4.99% fixed and we'll be rolling over some in a high interest rate CD through our local credit union.
If you found a CD with a higher rate than 3%, I'm impressed. Heck, if you found one higher than 2%, send it my way.
And my mortgage is lower than 4.99%. That's not really a good rate at all, but best of luck to you.
It's not a mortgage. It's a personal loan.
Right, just saying that it's not the best rate for a loan, period. Couldn't you have found a 0% credit card to tide you over for a year? Anyways, no more comments from me. It's hard to make any judgment calls when I don't know your whole financial picture. It just sounds scary.
military provides childcare if you are in active duty.
Yes, the Army has childcare, but it isn't free. When my DH deploys this year, I'll get free daycare, but only 16 hours a month. After that, it's $2 an hour. Which I've never looked into daycare but I'm assuming that's cheap. But that's only because he'll be deployed and they do special things for their spouses
Re: I want to know what the % rates are!
Look at credit union rates. They usually have the lowest loan interest and highest CD interest.
For example, I have a college savings CD for dd that has 10% interest. Super awesome!
even if you get an excellent rate on a CD, there is a predetermined time period that you have to keep the money in there to reach the goal. so i dont understand how they are taking out a loan (and the monthly payments have to be paid regardless)- but then taking the money they needed and locking it up for any amount of time, so .... what.... they have to borrow more to pay the loan payments??????
i am confused.
why not just go out and get another job. military provides childcare if you are in active duty. get another job and good birth control? or am i going cuckoo?
(there are programs out there, grants, government assistance, etc to help people strapped for cash)
i just dont see how taking out such a large loan now will help in the long run in terms of buying a house or how it will even help them develop healthy spending habits?
If you found a CD with a higher rate than 3%, I'm impressed. Heck, if you found one higher than 2%, send it my way.
And my mortgage is lower than 4.99%. That's not really a good rate at all, but best of luck to you.
It's not a mortgage. It's a personal loan.
Holy heck your mortgage is less than 4.99% Good for you. Not the norm. At least not anymore.
Right, just saying that it's not the best rate for a loan, period. Couldn't you have found a 0% credit card to tide you over for a year? Anyways, no more comments from me. It's hard to make any judgment calls when I don't know your whole financial picture. It just sounds scary.
Yes, the Army has childcare, but it isn't free. When my DH deploys this year, I'll get free daycare, but only 16 hours a month. After that, it's $2 an hour. Which I've never looked into daycare but I'm assuming that's cheap. But that's only because he'll be deployed and they do special things for their spouses
really? we closed 1 month ago at 4.75%
We closed in March or April at 4.625% we were sooooo excited!