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Here’s what a $90,000 home equity loan costs monthly now that rates are cut
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The average credit card limit right now is approximately $30,000, according to Experian. The limit on a personal loan varies based on lender and borrower qualifications but is often capped at $100,000. But if you’re a homeowner looking to borrow money, you’re in luck. The average amount of accessible home equity right now is $214,000 – more than double than what can be borrowed with a personal loan and more than seven times higher than what you can get with a credit card, on average.
For those looking to borrow $90,000, then, a home equity loan makes a lot of sense right now. Not only can the average homeowner access this amount of money with relative ease today, but thanks to a recent rate cut and more likely to come, they can do so at an average rate significantly lower than credit cards (averaging above 20% now) and personal loans (close to 13%).
Before borrowing this amount, however, owners should first calculate their potential monthly costs. Since your home serves as collateral in these circumstances, it’s critical that you only withdraw an amount that you can easily afford to repay. So, how much will a $90,000 home equity loan cost monthly now that rates are cut? That’s what we’ll calculate below.
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Here’s what a $90,000 home equity loan costs monthly now that rates are cut
The average home equity loan rate is just 8.37% right now but it’s slightly higher when tied to specific repayment periods, like the 10-year and 15-year terms. Here’s what a $90,000 home equity loan would cost monthly if opened now, tied to rates for those two terms:
- 10-year home equity loan at 8.47%: $1,114.43 per month
- 15-year home equity loan at 8.38%: $879.95 per month
And while no one can predict with certainty what will happen to rates, many do expect the Federal Reserve to issue two additional 25 basis point reductions this year. Here’s what monthly payments on a $90,000 home equity loan would be, then, if they fall directly in tandem:
25 basis points cut
- 10-year home equity loan at 8.22%: $1,102.44 per month
- 15-year home equity loan at 8.13%: $866.85 per month
50 basis points cut
- 10-year home equity loan at 7.97%: $1,090.52 per month
- 15-year home equity loan at 7.88%: $853.86 per month
So while you’ll pay between $880 and $1,115 per month now to borrow $90,000 with a home equity loan, you may be able to save a bit if you wait for rates to fall. For multiple reasons, however, waiting may not be the best approach right now.
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Should you wait for rates to fall further?
While it may be tempting to wait for interest rates to fall further to save that extra bit of money, that could be a mistake. For starters, even half a percentage point reduction will only result in a marginal amount saved each month, no matter the loan term, as the above figures demonstrate. And that’s assuming that rates even fall by the same amount that the federal funds rate does, which is unlikely to happen.
Additionally, some of the possible rate reductions to come in the final months of 2024 may have already been priced in by lenders, meaning that there will be little material difference between what you’re offered now and what you’re offered in December. But waiting, however, means putting off paying for the expenses that you currently need the home equity loan for. So weigh the pros and cons of delaying action carefully.
The bottom line
A $90,000 home equity loan comes with monthly payments ranging between $880 and $1,115 right now. And although those payments could potentially decline as rates are cut, waiting may not be advantageous for many borrowers. Instead, weigh the monthly costs now versus what you could pay in the short-term to better determine the best path forward. And remember that home equity loans can always be refinanced should you discover a much lower rate at some point later in 2024 or into 2025.
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NEW YORK — The Teamsters union is launching a strike against Amazon at numerous locations across the country, including in Maspeth, Queens.
The Teamsters are calling it the largest strike against Amazon in United States history, and it’s set to begin at 6 a.m. Thursday. In addition to New York City, workers will be joining picket lines in Atlanta, Southern California, San Francisco and Illinois.
In a video announcement released Wednesday night, workers voiced their frustrations.
“Us being strike ready means we’re fed up, and Amazon is clearly ignoring us and we want to be heard,” one worker says in the video.
“It’s really exciting. We’re taking steps for ourselves to win better conditions, better benefits, better wages,” another worker in the video says.
The union says it represents about 10,000 Amazon employees and that Amazon ignored a deadline to come to the table and negotiate. The $2 trillion company doesn’t pay employees enough to make ends meet, the union asserts.
At the height of the holiday season, many are wondering what this means for packages currently in transit.
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said, “If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon’s insatiable greed.”
Amazon says Teamsters are misleading the public
An Amazon spokesperson says the Teamsters are misleading the public and do not represent any Amazon employees, despite any claims.
“The truth is that the Teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated, and attempted to coerce Amazon employees and third-party drivers to join them, which is illegal and is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
An Amazon representative says the company doesn’t expect operations to be impacted.
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Wisconsin school shooter was in contact with California man plotting his own attack, court documents say
The shooter who killed a student and teacher at a religious school in Wisconsin brought two guns to the school and was in contact with a man in California whom authorities say was planning to attack a government building, according to authorities and court documents that became public Wednesday.
Police were still investigating why the 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison shot and killed a fellow student and teacher on Monday before shooting herself, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes told the Associated Press Wednesday. Two other students who were shot remained in critical condition on Wednesday.
A Southern California judge issued a restraining order Tuesday under California’s gun red flag law against a 20-year-old Carlsbad man. The order requires the man to turn his guns and ammunition into police within 48 hours unless an officer asks for them sooner because he poses an immediate danger to himself and others.
Carlsbad is located just north of San Diego.
According to the order, the man told FBI agents that he had been messaging Natalie Rupnow, the Wisconsin shooter, about attacking a government building with a gun and explosives. The order doesn’t say what building he had targeted or when he planned to launch his attack. It also doesn’t detail his interactions with Rupnow except to state that the man was plotting a mass shooting with her.
CBS’ San Diego affiliate KFMB-TV reported that law enforcement searched the man’s home Tuesday night after the order was signed by the judge.
Police, with the assistance of the FBI, were scouring online records and other resources and speaking with the shooter’s parents and classmates in an attempt to determine a motive for the shooting, Barnes told the AP.
Police don’t know if anyone was targeted in the attack or if the attack had been planned in advance, the chief said. Police said the shooting occurred in a classroom where a study hall was taking place involving students from several grades.
“I do not know if if she planned it that day or if she planned it a week prior,” Barnes said. “To me, bringing a gun to school to hurt people is planning. And so we don’t know what the premeditation is.”
On a Madison city website providing details about the shooting, police disclosed Wednesday that two guns were found at the school, but only one was used in the shooting. A law enforcement source previously told CBS News the weapon used appears to have been a 9 mm pistol.
Barnes told the AP that he did not know how the suspected shooter obtained the guns and he declined to say who purchased them, citing the ongoing investigation.
No decisions have been made about whether Rupnow’s parents might be charged in relation to the shooting, but they have been cooperating, Barnes told the AP.
Abundant Life is a nondenominational Christian school that offers prekindergarten classes through high school. About 420 students attend the institution.
The Dan County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the two people killed Wednesday as 42-year-old Erin West and 14-year-old Rubi Vergara.
An online obituary on a local funeral site stated Vergara was a freshman who leaves behind her parents, one brother, and a large extended family. It described her as “an avid reader” who “loved art, singing and playing keyboard in the family worship band.”
West’s exact position with the school was unclear.