In: Advanced Math
A house can be purchased for
$155 comma 000155,000,
and you have
$25 comma 00025,000
cash for a down payment. You are considering the following two financing options:
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Option 1. Getting a new standard mortgage with a
7.57.5%
(APR) interest and a
3030-year
term.
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Option 2. Assuming the seller's old mortgage, which has an interest rate of
5.55.5%
(APR), a remaining term of
2525
years (the original term was
3030
years), a remaining balance of
$97 comma 21797,217,
and payments of
$597597
per month. You can obtain a second mortgage for the remaining balance
($32 comma 78332,783)
from your credit union at
99%
(APR) with a
1010-year
repayment period.
(a) What is the effective interest rate of the combined mortgage?
The effective interest rate of the combined mortgage is
nothing%.