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- From: deghare@daisy.uwaterloo.ca (Dave Hare)
- Subject: Mortgage payments, principal and interest
- Message-ID: <Bs9nnv.K1q@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca>
- Sender: news@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 18:35:54 GMT
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- Associated to each mortgage interest rate there is a number which, when
- multiplied by the outstanding principal gives the amount of interest to
- be paid in the next mortgage payment. For example, for a rate of 10%,
- the number is .0979781532. Thus, if one has a $100,000 principal, and
- one pays monthly, then the amount of interest paid on the next payment
- will be 100,000 * .0979781532 / 12 = $816.48 , from which one can
- easily determine how much of the principal is being paid (by subtracting
- this amount from the total payment).
-
- One of the great benefits :-( of the computer age is that there is now
- a large body of "bankers" who are ignorant of this fact, who are surprised
- when one informs them of this, and have no idea where to look to find
- the numbers associated with the various interest rates. The computer,
- after all, does all the calculations. What difference does it make if
- the people in charge of the computers understand what the computer is
- doing?
-
- When I first got my mortgage, the rate was 10.75%, and the corresponding
- factor is .1051686384 . I was able, after some extensive phoning, to
- find a mortgage loan officer at a local bank who could find this information.
- The first time I renewed, the rate was 10%, and, with more effort, I was
- able to find the number given above.
-
- I have now renewed my mortgage again, and I would like to get the number
- corresponding to the new rate, which is 7.5% (I love government economic
- policy flip-flops, don't you?).
-
- But what I would really like is a source reference for this. Is there
- a standard book of "banker's tables" that has this information? And does
- anyone know how these numbers are arrived at? (My guess is a sort of
- root-finding scheme, but I'm not sure what the input formula should be.)
-
- Thx for any help.
-
- Dave Hare
-