.You are planning on buying a single family home in Fairfield, New Jersey.The house you have selected is prices at $ 450,000.You are planning on using a conventional fixed rate mortgage loan (20% down payment and 80% mortgage loan).The interest rate at this time on a 30 year mortgage is 4.5%/year.

a.Please calculate the monthly payment required on this loan, assuming you make payments in the beginning of every month.

b.Assuming that property taxes per year on this house is $9500 and homeowners insurance premium per year is $1000, please calculate the minimum income required by the bank to qualify for this loan, according to the FNMA formula typically used in the industry for this purpose ( discussed extensively in class)

c.If you decide to add another 450.00 /month on top of your regular payment, how much would you able to cut off from the length of your 30 year mortgage?

d.Suppose you wanted to really shorten the mortgage length 15 years.The interest rate for a 15 year mortgage at this time will be 3.75%/year.Calculate the new monthly payments under this scenario.

e.Assuming the property taxes and the homeowner's insurance premium remain constant, what will be the minimum income required to get this loan approved, according to the same FNMA formula used above.

How would you discuss the economic (including risk and liquidity) tradeoffs inherent in a decision to allocate more family resources to paying off a mortgage early?In your answer, use discussions in the class, your own general and financial knowledge.