This year (10 years after you first took out the loan), you check your loan balance. Only part of your payments have been going to pay down the loan; the rest has been going towards interest. You see that you still have $134,219 left to pay on your loan. Your house is now valued at $230,000.

This year (10 years after you first took out the loan), you check your loan balance. Only part of your payments have been going to pay down the loan; the rest has been going towards interest. You see that you still have $134,219 left to pay on your loan. Your house is now valued at $230,000. Your current situation How much of the original loan have you paid off? (i.e, how much have you reduced the loan balance by? Keep in mind that interest is charged each month - it's not part of the loan balance.) Submit Question Question 6 B0/1 pt 3 Details How much money have you paid to the loan company so far (over the last 10 years)? Note: the down payment is not included here, as it is paid directly to the seller Submit Question Question 7 B0/1 pt 3 Details How much interest have you paid so far (over the last 10 years)? Submit Question How much interest have you paid so far (over the last 10 years)? Submit Question Question 8 B0/1 pt 3 Details How much equity do you have in your home (equity is value minus remaining debt) Submit Question Question 9 0/3 pts 3 Details Refinancing Since interest rates have dropped, you consider refinancing your mortgage at a lower 6% rate. If you took out a new 30 year mortgage at 6% for your remaining loan balance, what would your new monthly payments be? s Submit Question . Question 10 0/2 pts 3 Details How much interest will you pay over the life of the new loan? Submit Question Question 11 B0/1 pt 3 Details Analyzing the refinance Notice that if you refinance, you are going to be making payments on your home for another 30 years. In addition to the 10 years you've already been paying, that's 40 years total. How much will you save each month because the lower monthly payment? Submit Question Question 12 E 0/1 pt 3 Details How much total interest will you be paying (consider the interest you paid over the first 10 years of your original loan as well as interest on your refinanced loan) Submit Question Question 13 0/2 pts 3 Details Now the non-computational question: Does it make sense to refinance? (there isn't a correct answer to this question. Just give your opinion and your reason) (Note: The computer can't auto-grade this part, so it will show score of O until I manually grade it) Submit Question This year (10 years after you first took out the loan), you check your loan balance. Only part of your payments have been going to pay down the loan; the rest has been going towards interest. You see that you still have $134,219 left to pay on your loan. Your house is now valued at $230,000. Your current situation How much of the original loan have you paid off? (i.e, how much have you reduced the loan balance by? Keep in mind that interest is charged each month - it's not part of the loan balance.) Submit Question Question 6 B0/1 pt 3 Details How much money have you paid to the loan company so far (over the last 10 years)? Note: the down payment is not included here, as it is paid directly to the seller Submit Question Question 7 B0/1 pt 3 Details How much interest have you paid so far (over the last 10 years)? Submit Question How much interest have you paid so far (over the last 10 years)? Submit Question Question 8 B0/1 pt 3 Details How much equity do you have in your home (equity is value minus remaining debt) Submit Question Question 9 0/3 pts 3 Details Refinancing Since interest rates have dropped, you consider refinancing your mortgage at a lower 6% rate. If you took out a new 30 year mortgage at 6% for your remaining loan balance, what would your new monthly payments be? s Submit Question . Question 10 0/2 pts 3 Details How much interest will you pay over the life of the new loan? Submit Question Question 11 B0/1 pt 3 Details Analyzing the refinance Notice that if you refinance, you are going to be making payments on your home for another 30 years. In addition to the 10 years you've already been paying, that's 40 years total. How much will you save each month because the lower monthly payment? Submit Question Question 12 E 0/1 pt 3 Details How much total interest will you be paying (consider the interest you paid over the first 10 years of your original loan as well as interest on your refinanced loan) Submit Question Question 13 0/2 pts 3 Details Now the non-computational question: Does it make sense to refinance? (there isn't a correct answer to this question. Just give your opinion and your reason) (Note: The computer can't auto-grade this part, so it will show score of O until I manually grade it) Submit