Duke was approved for a 30 year conventional loan for $250,000 at 3.65% fixed rate. He was also approved for a 15 year conventional loan for $250,000 at 3.45% fixed rate. He has $20,000 to put as a down payment. He has to pay insurance of $1400 a year and property tax of $2500 a year. Use time value of money to figure out the best options for Duke.    To avoid PMI (at least 20% down) what amount would Duke have to put down if he wants to take out the full amount of the loan ($250,000)?

The buyer of a piece of real estate is often given the option of buying down the loan. This option gives the buyer a choice of loan terms in which various combinations of interest rates and discount points are offered. The choice of how many points and what rate is optimal is often a matter of how long the buyer intends to keep the property. Darrell Frye is planning to buy an office building at a cost of $986,000. He must pay 10% down and has a choice of financing terms. He can select from a 9% 30-year loan and pay 4 discount points, a 9.25% 30-year loan and pay 3 discount points, or a 9.5% 30-year loan and pay 2 discount points. Darrell expects to hold the building for three years and then sell it. Except for the three rate and discount point combinations, all other costs of purchasing and selling are fixed and identical. (Round your answers to the nearest cent. Use this table, if necessary.) I want to know how to find this out: If Darrell chooses the 4-point 9% loan, what will be his…

Suppose that you need $30,000 for your last year of college. You could go to a private lending institution and apply for a signature student loan; rates range from 7% to 14%. However, your Aunt Sally is willing to loan you the money from her retirement savings, with no repayment until after graduation. All she asks is that in the meantime you pay her each month the amount of interest that she would otherwise get on her savings (since she needs that to live on), which is 4%.What is your monthly payment to her, and how much interest will you pay her over the year (9 months)?(Fill in the blanks below and give your answers as whole numbers.)The amount of interest per month you would pay Aunt Sally is $__(1)__ .The total interest you will pay her over the year (9 months)is $__(2)__ .

Hank purchased a car for $20,500 two years ago using a 4-year loan with an interest rate of 6.0 percent. He has decided that he would sell the car now if he could get a price that would pay off the balance of his loan.   What’s the minimum price Hank would need to receive for his car? Calculate his monthly payments, then use those payments and the remaining time left to compute the present value (called balance) of the remaining loan. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) Minimum Price = $_____.__

Joe wants to own a home in the future. He asks you describe an advantages and disadvantage of a FRM versus an ARM.       He then asks you to describe the advantages and disadvantages of a 15-year loan versus a 30-year loan.       He also wants to know how the portion of the home payment that comprises interest changes over the years assuming he takes out an FRM.             Is there anything he can do to reduce the total amount he’ll pay for the home?      What else would be added to his monthly mortgage payment?        What are three benefits of home ownership? What are three benefits of renting?

Show Your Work Brian just purchased a home for $300,000 and made the required down payment of 20% ($60,000) to avoid PMI. Therefore, he is financing $240,000 over 30 years (360 months) at 3%. A) How much are his payments on the loan? B) His husband, Greg, is a great financial planner and says it would be very prudent to pay an EXTRA $200 per month on the mortgage payments. How many monthly payments will this “knock off” or reduce on the original 360 payments? How much interest will be saved over the life of the loan by making the extra $200 per month payment?

The cost to purchase the house that Bainters are considering is $195,000, but the Bainters plan to make a $40,000 down payment. The Bainters have been approved for a fixed-rate, 30-year mortgage with a 4.2%  annual interest rate for the remaining costs. They want to know how much they would pay on their loan each year as well as how much they would pay on their loan after 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, and 30 years. They also want to determine how much they would pay in interest on their loan when they repay the entire loan.   What are the amounts? remember to show or explain your calculations) the total amount paid in loan payments after 1year the total amount paid in loan payments after 5years the total amount paid in loan payments after 10 years the total amount paid in loan payments after 15 years the total amount paid in loan payments after 30 years