This is Ben’s budget. Use his budget to determine the answer to the following question: Scenario: Suppose Ben wants to buy a house for $251,599. For a 30-year mortgage, Ben gets a 5% interest rate. Calculate his monthly payments for this 30-year mortgage, after the 20% down payment.

Suppose you have budgeted $ 950 a month towards a mortgage. If you are offered a 30 year mortgage at an interest rate of 4.25%, how expensive a home mortgage can you afford?

Shelly Franks is planning for her retirement, so she is setting up a payout annuity with her bank. She is now 35 years old, and she will retire when she is 65. She wants to receive annual payouts for twenty years, and she wants those payouts to receive an annual COLA of 4%. a. She wants her first payout to have the same purchasing power as does $15,000 today. How big should that payout be if she assumes inflation of 4% per year? b. How much money must she deposit when she is 65 if her money earns 8.3% interest per year? c. How large a monthly payment must she make if she saves for her payout annuity with an ordinary annuity? (The two annuities pay the same interest rate.) d. How large a monthly payment would she make if she waits until she is 40 before starting her ordinary annuity?

The Jones want to save $95,000.00 in 5 years for a down payment on a house. If they make monthly deposits in an account paying 5% compounded monthly, what is the size of the payments that are required to meet their goal?