1 2 3 4 5 6 A few years out of UCCS you're earning $125,000 and decide to buy a condominium. The one you like will cost $300,000. The bank will require a 15% down payment and will lend you the difference in a 30yr traditional mortgage at an interest rate of 4.800%(M). What is the amount of your down payment? What is the amount of the loan? What is your home equity, the day you buy the condominium? What is the monthly payment on the mortgage? What is your taxable income for the first year you own the condominium (ie what is your salary minus the total interest paid in year 1)? If your effective tax rate is 25%, how much would you have paid in taxes if you didn't have the mortgage loan and your taxable income was $125,000? If your effective tax rate is 25%, how much will you pay in taxes on your taxable income from 05? How much did you save in taxes the first year by owning the condominium? For three years from the day you bought the condo, Colorado real estate continues to climb. Your condo appreciates 4% every year for three years. And, interest rates fall to 3.60%(M). You decide to refinance your mortgage. You can refinance into a new mortgage for (again) 85% of the current market value of the condo. What is the value of your condominium at the end of year three? What is the remaining principal balance on your mortgage? What is the amount (ie new principal balance) of the new mortgage loan you take out? What is the new monthly payment you'll be making on the new mortgage? 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 You paid off the original mortgage principal balance, taking out a new mortgage with a higher principal balance, how much cash did you receive after paying off the original mortgage