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Suppose you have just purchased your first home for $300,000. At the time of purchase you could afford to commit 20% of the purchase price to a down-payment. Suppose over time you paid down the principal of the loan to $220,000 and at that point in time you can no longer make any mortgage payments (i.e., you default on the loan). If the lender were to foreclose on your property and sell it for $190,000, determine the amount of the loan’s principal that the lender was unable to recover due to the default. A. $30,000 B. $50,000 C. $240,000 D. $300,000
Amount of the loan against the mortgage initially = 300000 - (20%*300000) = 240,000
Principal repaid = 20,000
Hence, principal outstanding = 240,000 - 20,000 = 220,000 (given in the problem itself)
Sale value of the property = 190,000
Hence, principal lost = 220,000 - 190,000 = 30,000