A mortgage balance of $23,960 is to be repaid over a 7-year term by equal monthly payments of 6.8% compounded semiannually. At the request of the mortgagor, the monthly payments were set at $440. How many payments will the mortgagor have to make? What is the size of the last payment? Determine the difference between the total actual amount paid through $440 payments and the total amount required through normal amortization at 6.8% to amortize the mortgage by the contractual monthly payments.

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A mortgage balance of $23,960 is to be repaid over a 7-year term by equal monthly payments of 6.8% compounded semiannually. At the request of the mortgagor, the monthly payments were set at $440.

  1. How many payments will the mortgagor have to make?
  2. What is the size of the last payment?
  3. Determine the difference between the total actual amount paid through $440 payments and the total amount required through normal amortization at 6.8% to amortize the mortgage by the contractual monthly payments.

 

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