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It’s not just about interest rates. Material prices, contractors - everything very high as is demand for the good people they are charging premium and finding things to stretch out the work. I have done a few renovations over last couple years. Move slow so things don’t rollercoaster. The contractors will take advantage. For exterior work I got on painters calendar in summer for the following spring summer. For interior bathrooms we sub contracted ourselves for a plumber and a carpenter/tile and my husband works along side them and hubby does all design, layouts, drawings and finish work- but he’s very very good. Get a heloc when you’re ready to start work. Rates aren’t dropping enough to make a huge difference. Waiting is never a bad idea to make sure you’ve thought it all through.
It depends - what do you need it for? If it's an emergency repair, I wouldn't wait. If it's for something you just want, like a boat, I would wait.
Want to try for kid #2. Can get by without additional space if it happens before we renovate, but would honestly like to finish our new close to finished before kids arrives - not pregnant yet so we in theory have some time.
Rates are only going to rise. Consumer credit is getting tighter and Fed not lowering any time soon. Still tho, why take out a heloc at record high int rates for consumption expense you can’t afford? Housing prices will come down before rates do and your Reno will be a waste of $$