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jelrod45
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Hey guys. Thanks for reading. I haven't done any regular algebra in a long time and feel like I am just too rusty to see something that I should be seeing. I am weighing the option of buying a house vs. renting for a year and then buying (giving me a larger down payment and a better apr on the loan).
The formula for the monthly payment for a fixed-rate house loan is given by:
(pr)/(1-(1+r)^(-n))
where p is the initial amount borrowed,
r is the monthly interest rate (apr/12)
and n is the number of payments for the loan.
What I am doing is setting the payment for a loan that I could get with apr 3.5% with a higher mortgage insurance equal to the payment for a loan with lower mortgage insurance and an undetermined value for r. Solving for r will give me the apr for the loan type with lower insurance that will result in the same amount of total payment in the long run. I am having trouble factoring r completely out of the right side of the equation to get the necessary apr. Any help is greatly appreciated!
This is the equation I have set up.
[ (p(.035/12)) / (1 - (1+.035/12)^(-360)) + 81 ] = [ (pr)/(1 - (1+r)^(-360)) ]
The trailing constant in the left term is the difference in monthly payment due to the increased mortgage insurance.
I am going to write a computer program to solve this for me, so that I can compare different total costs of houses based on the loans I qualify for rather than just comparing the market value of the property, which is why I am trying to solve for r in the general form.
The formula for the monthly payment for a fixed-rate house loan is given by:
(pr)/(1-(1+r)^(-n))
where p is the initial amount borrowed,
r is the monthly interest rate (apr/12)
and n is the number of payments for the loan.
What I am doing is setting the payment for a loan that I could get with apr 3.5% with a higher mortgage insurance equal to the payment for a loan with lower mortgage insurance and an undetermined value for r. Solving for r will give me the apr for the loan type with lower insurance that will result in the same amount of total payment in the long run. I am having trouble factoring r completely out of the right side of the equation to get the necessary apr. Any help is greatly appreciated!
This is the equation I have set up.
[ (p(.035/12)) / (1 - (1+.035/12)^(-360)) + 81 ] = [ (pr)/(1 - (1+r)^(-360)) ]
The trailing constant in the left term is the difference in monthly payment due to the increased mortgage insurance.
I am going to write a computer program to solve this for me, so that I can compare different total costs of houses based on the loans I qualify for rather than just comparing the market value of the property, which is why I am trying to solve for r in the general form.