Imagine that you are about to take out a 25-year fixed-rate mortgage. The terms of the loan specify an initial principal balance (the amount borrowed) of 100000 euro and an APR of 5,75%. Payments will be made monthly. What will be the monthly payment? How much of the first payment will be interest, and how much will be principal? Answer : Monthly payment will be 629,11 euro. 479,17 euro of the first monthly payment will be interest and 149,94 euro will be principal. * Next time you discuss about a loan and you ask for a 1% lower interest rate and they tell you : “Come on, it is only 1% percent more and it does not matter.”, show them this table. And then tell them that it is only 1% more but it does matter. Α 1% lower interest rate makes a difference i.e. paying less 17696,71 euro for…
