You are planning to purchase a house for $180,000. You will pay
20% down payment and take a mortgage loan for the remaining 80%.
You could get a 3/1 ARM amortized over 15 years at 3.9 % or a fixed
15 year FRM loan at 5.3%. The expected interest rate of the ARM
from years 4 to 5 is 7.5%. You will live in the house for five
years, and after that you expect to sell the house for $200,000 and
pay off the remaining loan balance. Assume that the upfront costs
and insurance under both loan options are the same. MARR is 10% per
year compounded monthly. Which loan would be a better choice?
Consider the NPW of the payments, and ignore the tax effects.
Fill out the following table. Also explain the equations you used
to calculate the monthly mortgage payment for ARM in months 1-36
and in months 37-60 as well as for FRM in months 1-60.
Month number |
ARM |
FRM |
0 (down payment) |
||
1 to 36 (monthly mortgage payment) |
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37 to 60 (monthly mortgage payment) |
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60 (payment from selling the house) |
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60 (payment to pay off remaining loan balance) |
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NPW |
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