Your real estate agent mentions that homes in your price range require a payment of $2150 per qaurter for 29 years at 1.6% interest per quarter. What is the size of the mortgage with these terms?
Information provided:
Quarterly payment= $2,150
Time= 29 years*4 = 116 quarters
Quarterly interest rate= 1.6%/4 = 0.40%
The question is solved by computing the present value.
The present value is calculated by entering the below in a financial calculator:
PMT= -2,150
N= 116
I/Y= 0.40
Press the CPT key and PMT to compute the present value.
The value obtained is 199,226.65.
Therefore, the size of the mortgage is $199,226.65.
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