Math 1030

Name ____Destinee Montoya_______

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 $319,000____.

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

The down payment is _$63,800___. The amount of the mortgage is $255,200___.

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: _American First Credit Union______.

Rate for 15-year mortgage: _4.353%__. Rate for 30-year mortgage _4.9355%___.

Name of second lending institution: _Mountain America Credit Union_______.

Rate for 15-year mortgage: 4.483%___. Rate for 30-year mortgage _5.012%__.

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: $1,933.15____. 30-year monthly payment $1,359.93_____.

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 an MS excel file included on our CANVAS page if you are using a PC or you can also
use any online programs that are available such as the one on Brett Whissle’s website
http://bretwhissel.net/cgi-bin/amortize if you are using a MAC.
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.

30-year mortgage

Payment Payment Payment Interest Principal Remaining

Number Date Amount ($) Paid ($) Paid ($) Balance ($)
1. . 12/2018 $1,359.93 $1,049.62 $310.31 $254,889.69
2. . 1/2019 $1,359.93 $1,048.34 $311.59 $254,578.10
60. . 11/2023 $1,359.93 $964.59 $395.34 $234,131.71
120. . 11/2028 $1,359.93 $854.20 $505.73 $207,180.24
240. . 11/2038 $1,359.93 $532.32 $827.61 $128,597.62
300. . 11/2043 $1,359.93 $301.21 $1,058.72 $72,176.44
360. . 11/2048 $1,354.36 $5.57 $1,348.79 $0.00 .
total ------- ---------- $234,373.56 $255,200 ---------

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

The total amount paid is the number of payments times _the monthly loan payment__.

The total interest paid is the total amount paid minus _the principal (the total amount
borrowed).

Use the proper number to fill in the blanks and cross out the improper word
in the parentheses.
Payment number __193___ is the first one in which the principal paid is greater than the
interest paid.

The total amount of interest is $20,826.44____ (more or less) than the mortgage.

The total amount of interest is 91.84__% (more or less) than the mortgage.

The total amount of interest is 8.16_% of the mortgage.

15-year mortgage

Payment Payment Payment Interest Principal Remaining

Number Date Amount ($) Paid ($) Paid ($) Balance ($)
1. . 12/2018 $1,933.14 $925.74 $1,007.41 $254,192.59
2. . 1/2019 $1,933.14 $922.08 $1,011.06 $253,181.53
50. . 1/2023 $1,933.14 $730.16 $1,202.98 $200,081.78
90. . 5/2026 $1,933.14 $542.67 $1,390.47 $148,209.35
120. . 11/2028 $1,933.14 $383.12 $1,550.02 $104,065.40
150. . 5/2031 $1,933.14 $205.26 $1,727.89 $54,856.03
180. . 11/2033 $1,926.16 $6.99 $1,919.17 $0.00
Total ------- ---------- $92,766.08 $255,200 ---------

Payment number 1__ is the first one in which the principal paid is greater than the interest paid.
The total amount of interest is $162,433.92____ (more or less) than the mortgage.

The total amount of interest is 36.35_____% (more or less) than the mortgage.

The total amount of interest is 63.65_____% of the mortgage.

Notice how the 15-year mortgage reduces the amount of interest paid over the life of the loan.
Now consider again the 30-year mortgage and suppose you paid an additional $100 a month
towards the principal [If you are making extra payments towards the principal, include it in the
monthly payment and leave the number of payments box blank.]

The total amount of interest paid with the $100 monthly extra payment would be $196,253.26.

The total amount of interest paid with the $100 monthly extra payment would be
$38,120.30_ (more or less) than the interest paid for the scheduled payments only.

The total amount of interest paid with the $100 monthly extra payment would be 16.26 %
(more or less) than the interest paid for the scheduled payments only.

The $100 monthly extra payment would pay off the mortgage in 25_ years and 10 months;
that’s 50 months sooner than paying only the scheduled payments.
Summarize what you have done and learned on this project in a well written and typed paragraph
of at least 100 words (half page). Because this is a math project, you must compute and
compare numbers, both absolute and relative values. 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

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.

Purchasing a house at the cost of $319,000 with a down payment of $63,800, American First
Credit Union is offering a 15-year mortgage with an interest rate of 4.353%, or a 30-year
mortgage with a 4.9355%. The monthly payment on a 15-year mortgage is $1,933.15 a month.
The 30-year mortgage is $1,359.93 a month. The difference between the two mortgage payments
is $573.22. A large factor in deciding which mortgage to go with boils down to how much you
can afford. Other factors that would probably influence a person in purchasing a house is the
amount of financial security that they’ll have. For example, say someone can barely make the
almost $2,000 mortgage, but is completely able to pay the about $1,400 mortgage. Any financial
struggle or hardship could cause this person to not be able to pay their 15-year mortgage. If the
30-year mortgage is chosen, this person has the ability to live in their means. If everything goes
well financially, they do have the ability to pay more on their loan. By just paying an additional
$100, it would pay off their loan in 25 years and 10 months, and would result in saving
$38,120.30.