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You are considering to buy a $250,000 property with a 80% LTV ratio and have two mortgage choices: a FRM or a FRM with an IO period. The lender offers the following two loans:
Loan 1: 30 year FRM, fully amortizing monthly payments; 4% interest
Loan 2: 30 year FRM with 4 year IO period, fully amortizing monthly payments; 4.15% interest
Check all the true statements:
If I want to save on interest payments, I would choose Loan 2 | ||
If I want to minimize the payments in the first few years, I would choose Loan 2 | ||
If I'd like to pay off the loan sooner, I'd choose Loan 1 | ||
If I want my payments to remain the same for the duration of the loan, I would pick Loan 1 |
Loan 1 Features: Loan 1 is an amortizing loan where the interest gets reduces with each payment and principal increases with each payment thus reducing the loan balance $0 before loan 2 balance gets $0
Loan 2 Features: Loan 2 has IO option which means the borrower will pay only interest for 4 years thus increasing the monthly payment and interest expense.
Statement 1 is incorrect If I want to save on interest payments, I would choose Loan 2 because we pay higher interest on Loan 2 as it has IO option where interest payment doesn't reduces with each payment
Statement 2 is correct If I want to minimize the payments in the first few years, I would choose Loan 2 becausewe pay only interest for the first 4 years
Statement 3 is incorrect both loans have the same maturity of 30 years
Statement 4 is Correct If I want my payments to remain the same for the duration of the loan, I would pick Loan 1 because in the Loan 1 the monthly payments will be the same