Use Worksheet 5.2 and Exhibit 5.6. Emma Sanchez is currently renting an apartment for $600 per month and paying $400 annually for renter's insurance. She just found a small townhouse she can buy for $175,000. She has enough cash for a $10,000 down payment and $4,100 in closing costs. Emma estimated the following costs as a percentage of the home's price: property taxes, 2.5 percent; homeowner's insurance, 0.5 percent; and maintenance, 0.7 percent. She is in the 25 percent tax bracket and does not plan to itemize deductions on her taxes. Using Worksheet 5.2, calculate the cost of each alternative and recommend the least costly option rent or buy for Emma. Assume Emma's security deposit is equal to one month's rent of $600. Also assume a 4% after tax rate return on her savings, a 3% annual appreciation in home price, and a 6% mortgage interest rate for 30 years. a. Cost of renting. Round the answer to the nearest dollar. S b. Cost of buying. Round the answer to to the nearest dollar. $ c. Emma should -Select-the home. rent
Use Worksheet 5.2 and Exhibit 5.6. Emma Sanchez is currently renting an apartment for $600 per month and paying $400 annually for renter's insurance. She just found a small townhouse she can buy for $175,000. She has enough cash for a $10,000 down payment and $4,100 in closing costs. Emma estimated the following costs as a percentage of the home's price: property taxes, 2.5 percent; homeowner's insurance, 0.5 percent; and maintenance, 0.7 percent. She is in the 25 percent tax bracket and does not plan to itemize deductions on her taxes. Using Worksheet 5.2, calculate the cost of each alternative and recommend the least costly option rent or buy for Emma. Assume Emma's security deposit is equal to one month's rent of $600. Also assume a 4% after tax rate return on her savings, a 3% annual appreciation in home price, and a 6% mortgage interest rate for 30 years. a. Cost of renting. Round the answer to the nearest dollar. S b. Cost of buying. Round the answer to to the nearest dollar. $ c. Emma should -Select-the home. rent
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:Exhibit 5.6
A Table of Monthly Mortgage Payments (Monthly Payments
Necessary to Repay a $10,000 Loan)
The monthly loan payments on a mortgage vary not only by the amount of the loan but also by the rate of interest and loan maturity.
Rate of Interest
5.0%
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.5
10.0
10 Years
$106.07
108.53
111.02
113.55
116.11
118.71
121.33
123.99
126.68
129.40
132.16
15 Years
$ 79.08
81.71
84.39
87.11
89.88
92.71
95.57
98.48
101.43
104.43
107.47
Loan Maturity
20 Years
$ 66.00
68.79
71.64
74.56
77.53
80.56
83.65
86.79
89.98
93.22
96.51
25 Years
$ 58.46
61.41
6443
67.52
70.68
73.90
77.19
80.53
83.92
87.37
90.88
S
30 Years
$53.68
56.79
59.96
63.21
66.53
69.93
73.38
76.90
80.47
84.09
87.76
Instructions: (1) Divide amount of the loan by $10,000; (2) find the loan payment amount in the table for the specific interest rate and maturity and (3) multiply the amount from step 1 by the amount
from step 2.
Example: Using the steps just described, the monthly payment for a $98,000, 5.5 percent, 30-year loan would be determined as:
(1) $98,000/$10,000=9.8; (2) the payment associated with a 5.5 percent, 30-year loan, from the table, is $56.79; (3) the monthly payment required to repay a $98,000, 5.5 percent,
30-year loan is 9.8 x $56.79=$556.54

Transcribed Image Text:Rent versus buy home
Use Worksheet 5.2 and Exhibit 5.6. Emma Sanchez is currently renting an apartment for $600 per month and paying $400 annually for renter's insurance. She just found a small townhouse she can buy for $175,000. She has enough cash for a $10,000 down payment and $4,100
in closing costs. Emma estimated the following costs as a percentage of the home's price: property taxes, 2.5 percent; homeowner's insurance, 0.5 percent; and maintenance, 0.7 percent. She is in the 25 percent tax bracket and does not plan to itemize deductions on her taxes.
Using Worksheet 5.2, calculate the cost of each alternative and recommend the least costly option - rent or buy - for Emma.
Assume Emma's security deposit is equal to one month's rent of $600. Also assume a 4% after tax rate return on her savings, a 3% annual appreciation in home price, and a 6% mortgage interest rate for 30 years.
a. Cost of renting. Round the answer to the nearest dollar.
$
b. Cost of buying. Round the answer to to the nearest dollar.
$
c. Emma should -Select- the home.
-Select-
buy
rent
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