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Paying 13 mortgage payments instead of 12 per year can save to you thousands in interest cost. If you had a $175,000 mortgage at 6% for 30 years, how much extra would you have to pay per year to make 13 instead of a 12 mortgage mortgage payments per year? How much would you pay if you paid 1/12 of it per month?

Sagot :

Increasing the number of installments paid to 13 based on the installments

calculated for 12, reduces the cost of interest paid on the mortgage.

  • The amount of extra payment is the amount of a month's payment which is; $1,049.2
  • The amount paid by paying 1/12 of the 13 payments per month is;  [tex]\underline{\$ 1136.\overline 3}[/tex]

Reasons:

First Part

The monthly payment formula is given as follows;

[tex]M = \dfrac{P \cdot \left(\dfrac{r}{12} \right) \cdot \left(1+\dfrac{r}{12} \right)^n }{\left(1+\dfrac{r}{12} \right)^n - 1}[/tex]

Therefore, we have;

[tex]M = \dfrac{175,000 \cdot \left(\dfrac{0.06}{12} \right) \cdot \left(1+\dfrac{0.06}{12} \right)^{12\times 30} }{\left(1+\dfrac{0.06}{12} \right)^{12 \times 30} - 1} \approx 1049.2[/tex]

The monthly payment per month on the mortgage ≈ $1,049.2

To make an extra monthly payment, a month payment can be added, therefore, the amount of extra monthly payment is; $1,049.2

Second part:

Paying 1/12 of the extra monthly payment per month gives;

[tex]\displaystyle Monthly \ payment = 1049.2 + \frac{1049.2}{12} = 1136.6\overline 3[/tex]

The amount of monthly payment with the extra month included in the 12 payments per year is therefore;

1/12 of Payment per month = [tex]\underline{\$ 1136.\overline 3}[/tex]

Savings in interest cost;

The total value of the payment using 12 payment per year is therefore;

Total payment ≈ 12 × 30 × 1049.2 = 377,712

The total value of the payment using 12 payment per year is $377,712

With extra monthly payment, we have;

[tex]1049.2 \approx \dfrac{175,000 \cdot \left(\dfrac{0.06}{13} \right) \cdot \left(1+\dfrac{0.06}{13} \right)^{n} }{\left(1+\dfrac{0.06}{13} \right)^{n} - 1}[/tex]

Which, by using a graphing calculator, gives, n ≈ 318.99 ≈ 319

The total number of payment, n ≈ 319 months

The total value of the payment using 13 payments = 319 × 1049.2 = 334694.8

The total payment using 13 payments instead of 12 is $334,694.8

The amount saved in interest cost is $377,712 - $334,694.8 = $43,017.2

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