You just bought a $900,000 house in Philly. You financed your purchase with a loan. Assume that houses in Philly increase at the rate of 5.30 percent a year. Your downpayment rate at the time of house purchase was 40 percent.(a) The expected appreciation rate on home price next year equals ______ percent. (Round to two decimal places. (b) The expected rate of appreciation on your home equity next year equals # ____%(c) TRUE OR FALSE? The lower the loan-to-value ratio, the higher the rate of appreciation on your home equity next year. This statement is _____

You just bought a $900,000 house in Philly. You financed your purchase with a loan. Assume that houses in Inland Empire increase at the rate of 5.30 percent a year. Your downpayment rate at the time of house purchase was 40 percent. (a) The expected appreciation rate on home price next year equals ______ percent. (Round to two decimal places. (b) The expected rate of appreciation on your home equity next year equals # ____% (c) TRUE OR FALSE? The lower the loan-to-value ratio, the higher the rate of appreciation on your home equity next year. This statement is _____

You are considering the purchase of a property today for $300,000. You plan to finance it with an 80 percent loan. The appreciation rate on the property value is expected to be 4 percent annually for the next three years. Required: a. Approximate the expected annual average rate of appreciation on home equity for the next three years. b. What if you now think that a $300,000 purchase price may be somewhat high and that if you pay this price, the expected appreciation rates in your house price will be as follows: year 1 = 0%, year 2 = 2%, and year 3=3%. Approximate the expected annual average rate of appreciation on home equity for the next three years.

You just opened a brokerage account, depositing $4,000. You expect the account to earn an interest rate of 10.2%. You also plan on depositing $1,500 at the end of years 5 through 10. What will be the value of the account at the end of 20 years, assuming you earn your expected rate of return?