Answer:
(b) $2109.85
Step-by-step explanation:
You want the monthly loan payment on a 15-year loan for a home with a $284,500 purchase price if 20% is put down, and the borrower's credit score is 700.
Payment multiplier
The table tells you that a 15-year loan for a borrower with a 700 credit score will have a monthly payment of $9.27 per thousand dollars of loan value.
Loan value
The loan will be for the 80% of the home value that is not already paid by the down payment. In thousands of dollars, that is 284.5 × 0.80.
Monthly payment
The monthly payment is the product of the loan value (in thousands) and the payment multiplier:
$284.5 × 0.80 × 9.27 = $2109.85
The monthly payment is $2109.85.
__
Additional comment
The higher loan cost for a borrower with a low credit score is effectively saying the lender is presuming about 12% of loans to such borrowers will be in default.
<95141404393>