In: Finance
You plan to borrow $35,000 at an 8% semiannual interest rate. It is a 3 year loan that requires 6 payments to fully amortize.
a) Calculate the amount of semiannual payment you would be making every period?
b) Set-up an amortization schedule.
a)
The amount of semi-annual payment is found using the following equation
The amount of semi-annual payment made every period = $ 6676.67
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b)
The amortization schedule can be built using excel.
Interest for each period = ( 0.08 2) Beginning balance
Principal amount paid for each period = Semi-annual payment - interest
Ending balance for each period = Beginning balance - principal paid
Period | Beginning balance | Semi-annual payment | Interest | Principal paid | Ending balance |
1 | $35,000 | $6,676.67 | $1,400 | $5,276.67 | $29,723.33 |
2 | $29,723.33 | $6,676.67 | $1,189 | $5,487.74 | $24,235.59 |
3 | $24,235.59 | $6,676.67 | $969 | $5,707.25 | $18,528.35 |
4 | $18,528.35 | $6,676.67 | $741 | $5,935.54 | $12,592.81 |
5 | $12,592.81 | $6,676.67 | $504 | $6,172.96 | $6,419.85 |
6 | $6,419.85 | $6,676.67 | $257 | $6,419.88 | ($0.02) |
The formulas used to build the schedule in excel is shown in the following table.