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Buying Points Off Your Loan, Homebuyers Opt for Longer Commute, Q2 Brooklyn Market Data

Martin Eiden | September 6, 2021

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Buying Points Off Your Loan

If you're buying a home, you can to purchase "discount" points to lower your interest rate - but you could also use that cash to make a larger down payment. Use this tool to help you figure out what makes sense for you. One point costs 1 percent of your mortgage amount, or $1,000 for every $100,000. So one point on a $400,000 mortgage would cost $4,000. (More on this)

Homebuyers Opt for Longer Commutes

More house hunters are trading longer work commutes for lower home prices. NYC, SF, & LA are among cities that have seen home prices rise faster in farther-flung neighborhoods compared to those closer to business centers. It’s a sign that the appeal of being close to the work-place is waning as employees embrace remote work & come to expect more flexibility in their work schedules. (Full Story)

Q2 Brooklyn Market Data

The bustling and thriving Brooklyn borough had

a record-setting quarter, total sales

volume and the average sales price

climbed to all-time highs. C

losed sales increased 126

percent year-over-year, representing

the highest number of deals since Q2

of 2018.

All in all, the Brooklyn real estate

market is booming, and it shows no

signs of slowing down. (Full Report)

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