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Jacqui has already saved $575,000 as a deposit for a new waterfront villa in the Hamptons. It will cost her a total of $3.5 million to purchase this property. She plans to borrow the rest from CityGroup over 15 years at a rate of 3.2% p.a. compounding monthly. What would be Jacqui's monthly repayments?
Information provided:
Price of the villa= $3,500,000
Down payment = $575,000
Loan= Present value= $3,500,000 - $575,000 = $2,925,000
Time= 15 years*12= 180 months
Interest rate= 3.2%/12= 0.2667% per month
The monthly repayment is calculated by entering the below in a financial calculator:
PV= -2,925,000
N= 180
I/Y= 0.2667
Press the CPT key and PMT to compute the monthly repayment.
The value obtained is 20,482.06.
Therefore, the monthly repayment is $20,482.06.