For example: on a standard 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, the monthly payment on a $200,000 loan would be $955 for a 4% mortgage versus $1074 for a 5% mortgage. Thatâs a monthly difference of $119. You might think that low rates encourage people to buy homes, but itâs not quite that simple.
If your payroll expenditures fall within 15-30% of gross revenue, your business is in a safe zone. Businesses that live within this range tend to be most successful, at least from a payroll perspective.f your percentage falls above 30%, in the red zone, itâs time to come up with a new strategy immediately. Maintaining a payroll that falls above 30% of your gross revenue is one of the most common reasons for a business to fail. Identify it first and then we can fix it.
For example, most service businesses have net profit margins of 2 to 10 percent. The percentage in each dollar of revenue that is for rent and expenses in those business sectors therefore ranges from 90 to 98 percent.