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If you can afford a $500,000 down payment and secure a 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 6 percent, your monthly costs would be about $12,000. Annual taxes are about $6,450 and the monthly homeownership dues are $388. The dues cover the water, sewer, garbage, real estate taxes and dock maintenance, according to Miner's Web site.
Why would anyone be foolish to finance a $2.5 million home? Homes over $1m should be paid for in cash unless you just want to pay such costly interest.