Early Withdrawal

Question: Should I take out money from my 401k to pay for mortgage points?

I plan on purchasing my dream home and will most likely stay there to pay off the cost points will cost, however if I take out 10K from my 401K I am taxed the 10% penalty for Early Withdrawal plus I am in 25% tax bracket. So at the end the 10K becomes 6500. That is roughly how much my points will cost to get my interest rate to 4.5. Not sure in the long run if I’ll save money if I stay in the house for the life of the loan 30yrs??? Any thoughts?
I also found out that points are tax deductible, so that may offset the tax penalty I will receive from the Early Withdrawal??

Answer: if you are still employed at the company you have the 401k with, you can;t “take out money” at all. – it’s not like an IRA.

points are actually deductible, so you can’t compare that to the lost money – why don;t you look for a loan without points?

you can borrow from your 401k plan – no taxes or eraly withdrawal penalty

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