{"id":16701,"date":"2024-03-20T19:01:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T19:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/financial-markets-and-institutions-obtain-estimates-of-current-mortgage-rates-and-analyze-mortgage-payments\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T19:01:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T19:01:23","slug":"financial-markets-and-institutions-obtain-estimates-of-current-mortgage-rates-and-analyze-mortgage-payments","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/financial-markets-and-institutions-obtain-estimates-of-current-mortgage-rates-and-analyze-mortgage-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Markets and Institutions- Obtain estimates of current mortgage rates and analyze mortgage payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto;\">Part I: Obtain current mortgage rates<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 36px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\">Assume you plan to purchase a $600,000 home with a 20% down payment.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp; <\/span>You need to obtain quotes of current mortgage rates on 30-year fixed rate mortgage, with and without discount points, from at least three mortgage lenders. <span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Please record your findings in your report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 36px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 36px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto;\">Part II: Calculate and analyze mortgage payments<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 36px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\">Based on the obtained quotes, you choose two best quotes: one with discount points and another without points.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Please perform similar analyses as discussed in class.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp; <\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto;\">First, please use the mortgage rate without points for the first three questions.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><\/span>(1) What is your monthly payment?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><\/span>(2) If you make regular monthly payments, how long will it take to pay off half of the loan?<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp; <\/span>(i.e., reduce the principle of the loan balance to half)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><\/span>(3) After making regular monthly payments for 10 years, how much will be the loan balance?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 36px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto;\">Next, please compare the mortgage payment based on your chosen mortgage rate with discount points.<\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp; <\/span>To obtain consistent results, please use quotes with and without points <span style=\"cursor: auto;\">from the same lender<\/span>.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Please complete the analyses for the following three questions.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><\/span>(4) For the chosen mortgage loan with discount points, how much do you need to pay for the points?<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><\/span>(5) What is the NPV of paying the points?<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp; <\/span>(i.e., the PV of savings in monthly payments over the life of the mortgage loan net of the initial payment for points)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><\/span>(6) How long must you stay in the house to make it worthwhile to pay the points to lower down the interest rate, assuming the savings in payments can be reinvested at the same rate?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 36px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 36px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\">Students need to turn in a one to two-page report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto;\">Information Sources:<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 36px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\">1. You can obtain current mortgage rates from bankrate.com <a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">(http:\/\/www.bankrate.com\/)<\/span><\/a>, Yahoo Mortgage Center<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 36px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">(<a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/loan\/query?t=m<\/span><\/a>), or the website of San Diego Union Tribune (<a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">http:\/\/signonsandiego.interest.com\/<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 36px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\">3. Or you can obtain quotes from Sunday Home Section of local newspaper, San Diego Union Tribune. <span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part I: Obtain current mortgage rates Assume you plan to purchase a $600,000 home with a 20% down payment.&nbsp; You need to obtain quotes of current mortgage rates on 30-year fixed rate mortgage, with and without discount points, from at least three mortgage lenders. &nbsp; Please record your findings in your report. 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