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You decide to buy a house for a total of $305,469. To get a mortgage loan, you make a 10% down payment, and the bank will lend you the rest. The interest rate quoted for this loan is 4% APR, and the loan will be paid (and interest compounded) every month, for the next 30 years. How much is the TOTAL monthly payment for this mortgage?
Enter your answer in dollars, rounded to the nearest cent (2 decimals).
Information provided:
Cost of the house = $305,469
Down payment = 10%*$305,469 = $30,546.90
Mortgage = Present value= $305,469 - $30,546.90 = $274,922.10
Time= 30 years*12 = 360 months
Interest rate= 4%/12= 0.3333% per month
The monthly payment is calculated by entering the below in a financial calculator:
PV= -274,922.10
N= 360
I/Y= 0.3333
Press the CPT key and PMT to compute the monthly payment.
The value obtained is 1,312.52.
Therefore, the amount of monthly payment is $1,312.52.
Therefore, the total monthly payment is = $1,312.52*360
= $472,507.26.