Assume you are looking to buy a house $200,000 with a 20-year mortgage at 12%, estimate the monthly mortgage payment. How much money from the monthly payment goes towards equity in the first month? Second month?
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Principal in First Payment | $202.17 |
Principal in Second Payment |
$204.19 |
P = | Regular Payments | |||
PV = | Loan Amount | |||
r = | rate of interest | |||
n = | no of periods | |||
P = | r (PV) | |||
1 - (1 + r )^-n | ||||
P = | (12%/12)*200000 | |||
1 - (1 / (1 + 12%/12)^240)) | ||||
P = | 2000 | |||
0.908194163 | ||||
P = | 2202.17 | |||
Beginning Balance | Interest | Principal | Ending Balance | |
1 | $200,000.00 | $2,000.00 | $202.17 | $199,797.83 |
2 | $199,797.83 | $1,997.98 | $204.19 | $199,593.63 |
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