Category: Real Estate

Home Mortgage Rates
WAS 2.75%
NOW 4.38%

Of great INTEREST to me and very important for our pipeline of prospects and design clients is the current trend for creeping INTEREST RATES. Although still variable week to week…the problem is…they are creeping UPWARD. After reaching historic lows, below 3%, a current 30 yr fixed mortgage can now cost as much as 4.38%. Calculated over the long term of a mortgage, these small differences amount to 10s of thousands of dollars along with possibly unaffordable monthly payments.

CLIK HERE to visit a very good reference site for tracking current rates and comparing year ago statistics.

If you’re on the fence about your new home plans…please remember that the cost of construction is only one slice of the home buying/building fiscal pie. After over 5 decades of building…through a variety of INTEREST…ing times (19-21% in 1979) these are still fire sale rates.

Acting sooner to realize the dream of your dream home may be more important than ever.

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In virtually every case a Timber Frame / SIP enclosed homeowner can rely on maximizing their ROI (Return on Investment) by virtue of their TF/SIP homes:

AFFORDABILITY
DURABILITY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ELEVATED MARKET VALUE
EXTRAORDINARY BEAUTY

Ask our current owners. CLIK HERE and enter the ZIP CODE for your home-site and we’ll do our best to hook you up with a HOME TOUR and/or a RAISING EVENT. We believe seeing is believing…not to mention the opportunity to meet and greet our Timber Frame / SIP Homeowners.

Try it….you’ll LOVE IT!

Jack Costantino
(908) 876.5262 Office
(201) 230.6429 Cell
jack@timberframesunlimited.com
Long Valley, NY 07853

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