4. 2.  A house in the city center of Guangzhou is for sale at the price of US$100,000 dollars, and the market expects it to be worth $130,000 and to be sold easily in 2 years’ time. You are now given a choice of a 2-year housing loan by Bank of China at an interest rate of 8% per year (single rate of the principal, not compounded), should you take the loan to buy that house? And how much profit can you earn?

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4. 2.  A house in the city center of Guangzhou is for sale at the price of US$100,000 dollars, and the market expects it to be worth $130,000 and to be sold easily in 2 years’ time. You are now given a choice of a 2-year housing loan by Bank of China at an interest rate of 8% per year (single rate of the principal, not compounded),

should you take the loan to buy that house?

And how much profit can you earn?

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