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Reduced Price vs Changes in Interest Rate

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 11:45am. 1758 Views, 0 Comments.

Clients often ask me about the effects of price vs interest rates on payments when purchasing a Denver area home. Since there is widespread agreement in the lending industry that 2010 will bring increased interest rates I thought I would put a post together that demonstrates their effects.

I am going to use a loan value of $200,000 for this example and strictly look at principal and interest.

  • Financed amount = $200,000
  • Rate of interest = 5%
  • Term of 30 Years
  • Payment = $1073.64 per month

  • Payment with 1/2% Rate increase = $1135.58
  • Payment with 5% Price increase = $1127.33
  • As you can see a ½% rate increase has about the same effect on payments as a 5% price increase.

To take this just one step further.

  • Payment with 1% Rate increase =…

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