Math 1030

Name: Jesse Carpenter

Buying a House

Select a house from a real estate booklet, newspaper, or website. Find something reasonable –
between $100,000 and $350,000. In reality, a trained financial professional can help you
determine what is reasonable for your financial situation. Take a screen shot of the listing for
your chosen house and attach it to this project. Assume that you will pay the asking price for
your house.

The listed selling price is $235,000.

Assume that you will make a down payment of 20%.

The down payment is $47,000. The amount of the mortgage is $188,000.

Ask at least two lending institutions for the interest rate for both a 15-year and a 30-year
fixed rate mortgage with no “points” or other variations on the interest rate for the loan.

Name of first lending institution: Chase.

Rate for 15-year mortgage: 3.375. Rate for 30-year mortgage: 3.75.

Name of second lending institution: America First Credit Union.

Rate for 15-year mortgage: 3.375. Rate for 30-year mortgage: 3.875.

Assuming that the rates are the only difference between the different lending institutions, find
the monthly payment at the better interest rate for each type of mortgage.

15-year monthly payment: $1332.00. 30-year monthly payment: $871.00.

These payments cover only the interest and the principal on the loan. They do not cover the
insurance or taxes.
To organize the information for the amortization of the loan, construct a schedule that keeps track
of: (1) the payment number and/or (2) the month and year (3) the amount of the payment,
(4) the amount of interest paid, (5) the amount of principal paid, and (6) the remaining balance.
There is a Loan Amortization sschedule in CANVAS.

It’s not necessary to show all of the payments in the tables below. Only fill in the payments in
the following schedules. Answer the questions after each table.

15-year mortgage

Payment Payment Payment Interest Principal Remaining

Number Date Amount ($) Paid ($) Paid ($) Balance ($)
1. . 2/1/2018 1332.47 528.75 803.72 187,196.28
2. . 3/1/2018 1332.47 526.49 805.98 186,390.30
50. . 3/1/2022 1332.47 410.17 922.30 144,916.18
90. . 7/1/2025 1332.47 300.51 1031.95 105,817.32
120. . 1/1/2028 1332.47 209.80 1122.67 73,471.65
150. . 7/1/2030 1332.47 111.10 1221.36 38,282.53
180. . 1/1/2033 1332.47 3.74 1324.99 $0.00. .
total ------- ---------

Use the proper word or phrase to fill in the blanks.

The total principal paid is the same as the mortgage.
The total amount paid is the number of payments times years.
The total interest paid is the total amount paid minus rate.

Use the proper number to fill in the blanks and cross out the improper
word in the parentheses.
Payment number 1 is the first one in which the principal paid is greater than the
interest paid.

The total amount of interest is $51,844.34 ( less) than the mortgage.

The total amount of interest is 38% ( less) than the mortgage.

The total amount of interest is 27% of the mortgage.
30-year mortgage

Payment Payment Payment Interest Principal Remaining

Number Date Amount ($) Paid ($) Paid ($) Balance ($)
1. . 2/1/2018 870.66 587.50 283.16 187,716.84
2. . 3/1/2018 870.66 586.62 284.04 187,432.80
60. . 1/1/2023 870.66 530.27 340.39 169,345.36
120. . 1/1/2028 870.66 460.19 410.47 146,850.14
240. . 1/1/2038 870.66 273.78 596.88 87,012.44
300. . 1/1/2043 870.66 150.90 719.76 47,566.72
360. . 1/1/2048 870.66 2.71 865.23 $0.00. .
total ------- ---------

Payment number 139 is the first one in which the principal paid is greater than the interest paid.
The total amount of interest is $125,436.63 ( less) than the mortgage.

The total amount of interest is 33% ( less) than the mortgage.

The total amount of interest is 67% of the mortgage.

Suppose you paid an additional $100 a month towards the principal

The total amount of interest paid with the $100 monthly extra payment would
be $101,171.97.

The total amount of interest paid with the $100 monthly extra payment would be
$24,264.66 ( less) than the interest paid for the scheduled payments only.

The total amount of interest paid with the $100 monthly extra payment would be 80% ( less)
than the interest paid for the scheduled payments only.

The $100 monthly extra payment would pay off the mortgage in 24 years and 8 months;
that’s 62 months sooner than paying only the scheduled payments.
Summarize what you have done and learned on this project. Because this is a math project, you
must compute and compare numbers, both absolute and relative values, that haven’t been
compared above. Statements such as “a lot more” and “a lot less” do not have meaning in a
Quantitative Reasoning class. Make the necessary computations and compare (1) the 15-year
mortgage payment to the 30-year mortgage payment, (2) the 15-year mortgage interest to the 30-
year mortgage interest, (3) the 15-year mortgage to the 30-year mortgage with an extra payment,
and (4) the 15-year mortgage to the 30-year mortgage with a large enough extra payments to
save 15 years and have the loan paid off in 15 years. Also, keep in mind that the numbers don’t
explain everything. Comment on other factors that must be considered with the numbers when
making a mortgage.

Your submission must be in pdf format. Refer to the assignment rubric to see how you'll be
graded.

The 15 year mortgage payment is $1332.47 and the 30 year mortgage payment is
$870.66. The difference in the payments is $461.81. As a first time home buyer or
someone just getting started at a job with low pay, it would be better to do the 30 year
mortgage with the smaller payment. However, if the home buyer could manage the
higher monthly payment it would be more cost effective to pay off the mortgage in 15
years. The 15 year mortgage interest is $51,844.34 and the 30 year mortgage interest is
$125,436.63. The difference in the interest is $73,592.29. The home buyer who
chooses to do the 15 year loan will save $73,592.29 in interest over the life of the loan.
When you add an extra payment of $100 a month to the 30 year mortgage the payment
becomes $970.66 and the interest drops to $101,171.97, which is a difference of
$24,264.66. If we compare that to the 15 year mortgage, the 30 year mortgage still has a
lower payment and higher interest payment. If the 30 year mortgage was going to have
enough extra payments to pay it off in 15 years, the home buyer would have to pay and
extra $500.00 a month on top of the $870.66 with a total of $1370.66 each month. The
15 year mortgage payments are only $1332.47. That would make the 30 year mortgage
payment $38.19 more than the 15 year mortgage payment. It would make a lot more
sense to just do the 15 year mortgage if the home buyer wanted to pay it off in 15 years.
The 15 year mortgage would be best for a home buyer who can make a larger payment
at the beginning of the loan. The 30 year mortgage would be better for a home buyer
who needs a smaller payment in the beginning. The home can always be refinanced at a
later date for a shorter loan term.