You are looking at a one-year loan of $20,000. The interest rate is quoted as 10 percent plus 2 points. A point on a loan is simply 1 percent (one percentage point) of the loan amount. Quotes similar to this one are common with home mortgages. The interest rate quotation in this example requires the borrower to pay 2 points to the lender up front and repay the loan later with 10 percent interest. What rate would you actually be paying here?

You are looking at a one-year loan of $20,000. The interest rate is quoted as 10 percent plus 2 points. A point on a loan is simply 1 percent (one percentage point) of the loan amount. Quotes similar to this one are common with home mortgages. The interest rate quotation in this example requires the borrower to pay 2 points to the lender up front and repay the loan later with 10 percent interest. What rate would you actually be paying here?

EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

14th Edition

ISBN:9781337514835

Author:MOYER

Publisher:MOYER

Chapter19: Lease And Intermediate-term Financing

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 17P

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