1) You decide to buy a small office building costing $150.000 and take out a fixed term loan over 5 years at 10%. The loan is to be paid in 5 equal instalments starting at the end of this year. Estimate the annual repayments and prepare a mortgage repayment table showing interest payments, reduction in capital, opening and closing balances. 2) Solve the first problem above with a change in interest rates from 10% to 5% after the second year. For the first two years interest rate is 10%. a) Construct a mortage repayment table with a change in interest rate from 10% to 5% for the last three years. b) When the interest rate dropped to 5%, is it possible to pay off the loan earlier than 5 years by keeping payments constant?
1) You decide to buy a small office building costing $150.000 and take out a fixed term loan over 5 years at 10%. The loan is to be paid in 5 equal instalments starting at the end of this year. Estimate the annual repayments and prepare a mortgage repayment table showing interest payments, reduction in capital, opening and closing balances.
2) Solve the first problem above with a change in interest rates from 10% to 5% after the second year. For the first two years interest rate is 10%. a) Construct a mortage repayment table with a change in interest rate from 10% to 5% for the last three years. b) When the interest rate dropped to 5%, is it possible to pay off the loan earlier than 5 years by keeping payments constant?
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