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Two years ago, you purchased a $20,000 car, putting $4,000 down and borrowing the rest. Your loan was a 36-month fixed rate loan at a stated rate of 7.0% per year. You paid a non-refundable application fee of $100 at that time in cash. Interest rates have fallen during the last two years and a new bank now offers to refinance your car by lending you the balance due at a stated rate of 5.5% per year. You will use the proceeds of this loan to pay off the old loan. Suppose the new loan over the residual loan life requires a $200 non-refundable application fee. Given all this information, should you refinance? How much do you gain/lose if you do?
| Old loan scheme | Amount($) |
| Car Purchase | 20,000.00 |
| Down Payment | 4,000.00 |
| Borrowing | 16,000.00 |
| Interest Per year | 1,120.00 |
| Interest Payable for 3 years | 3,360.00 |
| Outflow under old loan | 3,360.00 |
| New Scheme | |
| Principle amount to payoff old loan | 16,000.00 |
| New loan interest per year | 880.00 |
| Interest cost for 3 years | 2,640.00 |
| Additional Application fee | 200.00 |
| Total outflow under new loan Option | 2,840.00 |
| Gain on converting old loan to new loan | 520.00 |