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tough call. I’m locked into a good rate as well. don’t commute but was toying with the idea of moving closer to the wife’s family on the opposite side of a 1:30 drive to NYC. Would go from 3 to 8 for the kind of house I would want. Could make it work as ER A but never in my life did I ever think I’d be contemplating an 8k mortgage payment.
I had a $2500 mtg and $1100 a month in personal property tax in VA. On a 1450 sqft 3/2 on .25 acres in VA Beach.
Upgraded to 7ER Captain from 320 Captain
Bought a 6000sqft 5/5 on 3 acres (really 9, but 6 is wetlands and conservation land I can't do squat with)
$7400 MTG and $0 in personal prop tax.
so I went a little more than double.
I can sit short call in bed. 35 miles to EWR, 45 LGA, 55 JFK.
Especially now with the commuter unfriendlyness with the RJ frequency reduction it's nice.