FHCE 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Origination Fee

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ARM = Adjustable Rate Mortgages
Important Calculations to Apply
- Closing Costs
Discount Points:
o Amount of points * loan amount (Remember 1 point = 1% )
Loan Origination Fees: set by lender
o Amount of fees * loan amount
Annual Mortgage Cost:
o Locate the monthly mortgage cost in chart
o Monthly cost * 12
Finding Monthly Mortgage Costs
- You will always be given a chart as shown above
- The top number (in BOLD) is the interest rate (%)
- The bottom number is the monthly payment based on that interest rate($)
9.25% = 921$ monthly mortgage payment
121,000 Refinance - 30 years
- Action A = fixed rate at 5% for 30 years
1.5 points .015 x 121,000 = 1,815
.5% loan origination fee (.005 x 121,000 = 605)
- Action B = 1 year ARM (changes every year) with an initial rate of 4% with a 1/6 rate cap
1 point (.01 x 121,000 = 1210)
1% loan origination fee (1210)
- Action C = 1 year ARM with initial rate of 3.75% with a 2/6 rate cap
No points (0)
1% loan origination fee (1210)
Outcome Action A
- Option I John and Marsha can sleep easily at night because they know their mortgage
payment will not change. They can easily handle the fixed monthly payment. However, as
interest rates go down they realize that by choosing the fixed rate loan, they have missed out on
some potential savings and they are disappointed
- Option II Marsha and John like the fact that their monthly mortgage payment will not change.
But, they find the monthly payment difficult to pay. They continue to have difficulties with bills.
As interest rates go up, they realize that they have avoided the increased mortgage costs they
would have had to pay if they had chosen an ARM.
Outcome Action B
- Option III John and Marsha realize when they take this loan that they might be faced with a
change in their mortgage payment. Interest rates go down by as much as they can until their
mortgage payment is based on a 2% interest rate and their payment stays there (at the level of
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