Math 1030
Project 1
Name: Melissa Carter
Buying a House
Select a house from a real estate booklet, newspaper, or website. Find something reasonable
between $100,000 and $350,000. In reality, a trained financial professional can help you
determine what is reasonable for your financial situation. Take a screen shot of the listing for
your chosen house and attach it to this project. Assume that you will pay the asking price for
your house.
The listed selling price is $330,000.
Assume that you will make a down payment of 20%.
The down payment is $66,000.
The amount of the mortgage is $264,000.
Ask at least two lending institutions for the interest rate for both a 15-year and a 30-year n rate
mortgage with no points or other variations on the interest rate for the loan.
Name of first lending institution: America 1st Credit Union
Rate for 15-year mortgage: 2.75%.
Rate for 30-year mortgage 3.5%.
Name of second lending institution: Wells Fargo Bank.
Rate for 15-year mortgage: 3.0%
Rate for 30-year mortgage 3.625%.
Assuming that the rates are the only difference between the different lending institutions, find the
monthly payment at the better interest rate for each type of mortgage.
15-year monthly payment: $ 1,791.56
30-year monthly payment $ 1,185.48
These payments cover only the interest and the principal on the loan. They do not cover the
insurance or taxes.
To organize the information for the amortization of the loan, construct a schedule that keeps
track of: (1) the payment number and/or (2) the month and year (3) the amount of the payment,
(4) the amount of interest paid, (5) the amount of principal paid, and (6) the remaining balance.
There are many programs online available for this including Brett Whissles website:
[Link] A Microsoft Excel worksheet that does is also available
online at [Link]
Its not necessary to show all of the payments in the tables below. Only fill in the payments in
the following schedules. Answer the questions after each table.
15-year mortgage
Payment
Number
Payment
Date
Payment
Amount ($)
Interest
Paid ($)
Principal
Paid ($)
Remaining
Balance ($)
1. . 01/01/00
1791.56
605.00
1186.56
262813.44
2. . 02/01/00
1791.56
602.28
1189.28
261624.16
50. . 02/01/04
1791.56
464.16
1327.40
201215.53
90. . 06/01/07
1791.56
336.88
1454.68
145549.18
120. . 12/01/09
1791.56
233.48
1558.08
100323.86
150. . 06/01/12
1791.56
122.72
1668.84
51883.73
180. . 12/01/14
1791.56
4.10
1787.74
Total
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$0.00. .
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Use the proper word or phrase to fill in the blanks.
The total principal paid is the same as the total payment minus the interest.
The total amount paid is the number of payments times the interest and the principal.
The total interest paid is the total amount paid minus principal paid.
Use the proper number to fill in the blanks and cross out the improper word
in the parentheses.
Payment number 1 is the first one in which the principal paid is greater than the interest
paid.
The total amount of interest is $1186.56 less than the mortgage.
The total amount of interest is 34% less than the mortgage.
The total amount of interest is 2.96 % of the mortgage.
30-year mortgage
Payment
Number
Payment
Date
Payment
Amount ($)
Interest
Paid ($)
Principal
Paid ($)
Remaining
Balance ($)
1. . 01/01/86
1185.48
770.00
415.48
263584.52
2. . 02/01/87
1185.48
768.79
416.69
263167.83
60. . 12/01/90
1185.48
692.11
493.37
236600.17
120. . 12/01/95
1185.48
597.90
587.58
204406.70
240. . 12/01/05
1185.48
352.09
833.39
119882.83
300. . 12/01/10
1185.48
192.96
992.52
65164.82
360. . 12/01/15
1184.26
3.44
1180.82
Total
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$0.00. .
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Payment number 120 is the first one in which the principal paid is greater than the interest paid.
The total amount of interest is $594.47 less than the mortgage.
The total amount of interest is 50% less than the mortgage.
The total amount of interest is 1.98% of the mortgage.
Suppose you paid an additional $100 a month towards the principal:
The total amount of interest paid with the $100 monthly extra payment would be $548.20.
The total amount of interest paid with the $100 monthly extra payment would be $42.81 less
than the interest paid for the scheduled payments only.
The total amount of interest paid with the $100 monthly extra payment would be .078% less
than the interest paid for the scheduled payments only.
The $100 monthly extra payment would pay off the mortgage in 3 years and 10 months;
thats 46 months sooner than paying only the scheduled payments.
