Five years after you graduate from MSU, you receive a promotion that increases your salary to $120,000 per year. You have decided to buy a house, so you go to a bank that gives you the following offer on a loan: 9% annual interest, no down payment required, closing costs of 5% of the amount borrowed, 30 year loan with monthly payments, and the amount of the monthly payment cannot exceed 25% of your monthly pre-tax pay. In addition to that maximim amount you can borrow from the bank, you have saved $50,000 that you will put toward the purchase of the house. What is the maximum price that you can afford to pay for the house (hint: you will borrow the maximum amount the bank will allow you to borrow, and add the money you have saved onto that; and you must also pay the closing costs)?

Multiple Choice

• $76,899.93

• $310,704.66

• $345,169.43

• $360,704.66

• $373,739.90