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You would like to purchase a vacation home in 15 years.
The current price of such a home is $275,000 but the price of these
types of homes is rising at a rate of 3% per year.
How much would you have to invest in years 1 to 5, (the same amount
in each year) in nominal terms to exactly pay for the vacation home
if your investments earn 4% APR (compounded annually) in nominal
terms?
Vacation home purchase horizon in years | 15 | ||
Current price | $ 275,000 | ||
Annual price increase | 3.00% | ||
Price after 15 years | Current price * (1+rate)^time | ||
Price after 15 years | 275000 * (1+3%)^15 | ||
Price after 15 years | 428,441.04 | ||
Future value of annual deposit from year 1 to 5 at T15 should be equal to 428,441.04 | |||
Annual return | 4% | ||
Calculation of future value factors | |||
Year | FV factor at t15= (1+rate)^(15-deposit year) | ||
1 | 1.73168 | ||
2 | 1.66507 | ||
3 | 1.60103 | ||
4 | 1.53945 | ||
5 | 1.48024 | ||
Total | 8.01748 | ||
Assumed annual deposit P | |||
P*8.01748= | 428,441.04 | ||
P= | =428441.039/8.01748 | ||
P= | 53,438.37 | ||
So annual deposit should be 53,438.37 | |||