You would like to purchase a private condominium that costs $1.2 million, and you are shopping around for a housing loan. As this is your first housing loan, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) allows you to have a loan-to-value (LTV) limit of 75%. Also, you are required to maintain a total debt servicing ratio (TDSR) of 60%. The best deal you could find is by the Digital Bank of Singapore (DBS), which offers a fixed-rate loan of 1.8% per annum and makes a net interest margin of 0.6% per annum. You would like to take out a loan for 35 years and do not have any other outstanding debt.   (a) How much must your gross monthly income at least be in order to afford this condominium? (b) Suppose you are able to take out this loan. Without constructing a loan amortisation schedule, calculate the total amount of interest you would pay over the life of the loan.

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You would like to purchase a private condominium that costs $1.2 million, and you are shopping around for a housing loan. As this is your first housing loan, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) allows you to have a loan-to-value (LTV) limit of 75%. Also, you are required to maintain a total debt servicing ratio (TDSR) of 60%. The best deal you could find is by the Digital Bank of Singapore (DBS), which offers a fixed-rate loan of 1.8% per annum and makes a net interest margin of 0.6% per annum. You would like to take out a loan for 35 years and do not have any other outstanding debt.

 

(a) How much must your gross monthly income at least be in order to afford this condominium?

(b) Suppose you are able to take out this loan. Without constructing a loan amortisation schedule, calculate the total amount of interest you would pay over the life of the loan.

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