Math 1050 Mortgage Project: Show Work Here

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Math 1050 Mortgage Project

Name_

Tiffany Robbins______________

Due date: ___12/8/21025_____

In this project we will examine a home loan or mortgage. Assume that you have found a home
for sale and have agreed to a purchase price of $201,000.

Down Payment: You are going to make a 10% down payment on the house. Determine the
amount of your down payment and the balance to finance.
Down Payment__20,100________

Mortgage Amount_____180,900_________

Part I: 30 year Mortgage


Monthly Payment: Calculate the monthly payment for a 30 year loan (rounding up to the nearest
cent) by using the following formula. Show your work. [PMT is the monthly loan payment, P is
the mortgage amount, r is the annual percent rate for the loan in decimal, and Y is the number of
years to pay off the loan.] For the 30 year loan use an annual interest rate of 4.975%.

PMT =

( 12r )
r 12Y

1 +(1

12

Show work here:

180, 900(.04975/12)
1-(1+.04975/12) ^-12(30)
=968.35

749.9812
1-(1+.04975/12) ^-12(30)

Monthly Payment for a 30 year mortgage __$968.35___________


Note that this monthly payment covers only the interest and the principal on the loan. It does not
cover any insurance or taxes on the property.
Amortization Schedule: In order to summarize all the information regarding the amortization of a
loan, construct a schedule that keeps track of the payment number, the principal paid, the interest,
and the unpaid balance. A spreadsheet program is an excellent tool to develop an amortization
schedule. We can use a free amortization spreadsheet on the web.
The web address is: http://www.bretwhissel.net/amortization/amortize.html. Enter the amount of
the loan, i.e. the selling price minus the down payment, the interest rate, and the appropriate
number of years. Check the box to show the schedule.
Amortization Schedule monthly payment for a 30 year mortgage ____$968.35_____
(Note: if this is more than 2 or 3 cents different from your calculation, check your numbers!)
Total interest paid over 30 years___$167,704.44_________
Total amount paid __$348, 604.49_____
Notice that the amount of the payment that goes towards the principal and the amount that goes
towards the interest are not constant. What do you observe about each of these values?

The amount you pay for the principal goes up while the amount you pay in interest
goes down the longer you pay.

Number of first payment when more of payment goes toward principal than interest _194___
As already mentioned, these payments are for principal and interest only. You will also have
monthly payments for home insurance and property taxes. In addition, it is helpful to have
money left over for those little luxuries like electricity, running water, and food. As a wise home
owner, you decide that your monthly principal and interest payment should not exceed 35% of
your monthly take-home pay. What minimum monthly take-home pay should you have in order
to meet this goal? Show your work for making this calculation.
Show work here.

968.35
X

= 35
100

35x= 96835
X= $2766.74

Minimum monthly take home pay = __$2766.74__________.

It is also important to note that your net or take-home pay (after taxes) is less than your gross pay
(before taxes). Assuming that your net pay is 73% of your gross pay, what minimum gross
annual salary will you need to make to have the monthly net salary stated above? Show your
work for making this calculation.
Show work here.

2766.74
X

= 73
100

73x=276674
X= 3290.05

Minimum gross annual salary = _____$3290.05____________

Part II: Selling the House


Let's suppose that after living in the house for 10 years, you want to sell. The economy
experiences ups and downs, but in general the value of real estate increases over time. To
calculate the value of an investment such as real estate, we use continuously compounded
interest.
Find the value of the home 10 years after purchase assuming a continuous interest rate of 4%.
Use the full purchase price as the principal. Show your work.
Show work here.

Pe^rt

P=201, 000

201,000e^(.04)(10)

Value of home 10 years after purchase ___$299,856.76____________

Assuming that you can sell the house for this amount, use the following information to calculate
your gains or losses:
Selling price of your house ___$299.856.76________
Original down payment ___$20,100______
Mortgage paid over the ten years ___$116,202______
The principal balance on your loan after ten years ____$64,698_______
Do you gain or lose money over the 10 years? How much? Show your amounts and summarize
your results:
20,100
116,202
+64,698
201,000

299,856.76
-201,000
.
98,856.76 gain

you will gain $98,856.76 if you sell

Part III: 15 year Mortgage


Using the same purchase price and down payment, we will investigate a 15 year mortgage.
Monthly Payment: Calculate the monthly payment for a 15 year loan (rounding up to the nearest
cent) by using the following formula. Show your work! [PMT is the monthly loan payment, P is
the mortgage amount, r is the annual percent rate for the loan in decimal, and Y is the number of
years to pay off the loan.] For the 15 year loan use an annual interest rate of 4.735%.

PMT =

P (12rr )12Y
1 +(1 12 )

Monthly
Payment for
a 15 year
mortgage =

Show work here.

P=180,900
t=15
r= .04735

__$1405.70_____

180,900(.04735/12)
1-(1+.04735/12) ^-12(15)

Use the amortization spreadsheet on the web again, this time entering the interest rate and
number of payments for a 15 year loan.
Amortization Schedule monthly payment for a 15 year mortgage _
$942.03____________
(Note: if this is more than 2 or 3 cents different from your calculation, check your numbers!)
Total interest paid over 15 years___$158,226.97_________
Total amount paid___$339,126.97__________
Number of first payment when more of payment goes toward principal than interest __185___
Suppose you paid an additional $100 towards the principal each month. How long would it take
to pay off the loan with this additional payment and how will this affect the total amount of
interest paid on the loan? [If you are making extra payments towards the principal, include it in
the monthly payment and leave the number of payments box blank.]
Length of time to pay off loan with additional payments of $100 per month__$1,2457_________
Total interest paid over the life of the loan with additional $100 monthly payments__124,606.84_
Total amount paid with additional $100 monthly payments_

305506.84______

Compare this total amount paid to the total amount paid without extra monthly payments. How
much more or less would you spend if you made the extra principal payments?
339126.97
305506.84

about 3,000 will be saved

Part III: Reflection


Did this project change the way you think about buying a home? Write one paragraph stating
what ideas changed and why. If this project did not change the way you think, write how this
project gave further evidence to support your existing opinion about buying a home. Be specific.

Yeah! I didnt realize how much people actually end up paying for a house once
everything is said and done. It makes me want to save up as much as I can for a
down payment so I dont end up paying 92% of the original cost of the home in
interest.

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