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Unit 9: Calculating Mortgages and Taxes - Discussion

Mortgage

Find a home that is for sale in your area (purchase price must be at least $20,000). Include the link that will take the class to the webpage for the home.

• You will finance 80% of the purchase price. Using 5% as the interest on your 30-year fixed rate mortgage, calculate the monthly payment using the factor table from the textbook.
• Calculate the payment using the same 5%, but for a 15-year mortgage.
• Real estate taxes amount to 1% of the sales price and the insurance premium is .5% of the sales price per year. Calculate the total monthly PITI payment.
• Present your findings to your classmates and explain how much interest you would save over the life of the loan if you used the 15-year versus the 30-year loan. Show your calculations.

Participation:

Provide two replies to other student posts. These replies should be at least 2–3 sentences and should be written to further the discussion.

Discussion Best Practices

The Discussion Board is where you post your responses to the Discussion topics and share your experiences in completing exercises and applying the concepts of this course. You will need to post an initial response that thoroughly covers the topic(s). You will also need to respond substantially to at least two of your classmates’ posts. These replies should be at least 2–3 sentences that further the discussion (remark on something specific from the post, tactfully point out mistakes, ask questions about the post, etc.). You should post throughout the unit to get assistance on problems with which you may be having issues. This will also to give your classmates the opportunity to respond to your ideas.