Suppose You Are Thinking About Purchasing a Small Office Building

question 16

Multiple Choice

Suppose you are thinking about purchasing a small office building for $1,500,000. The 30 year fixed rate mortgage that you have arranged covers 80% of the purchase price and has an interest rate of 8%. Assume you were to default and go into foreclosure in year 10 of this loan. If the lender was able to sell this property for $700,000, how much does the lender stand to lose in the absence of PMI?

• A) $0
• B) $92,696
• C) $260,000
• D) $352,696

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Definitions:

Price Fixing

An illegal or regulated agreement among competitors to maintain a certain price level for goods or services, often leading to less competitive markets and higher prices for consumers.

Market Power

The ability of a firm or group of firms to manipulate prices or output in a particular market, often due to lack of significant competition.

Elasticity Of Demand

A measure of how responsive the quantity demanded of a good or service is to a change in its price.

Mark-Up

The amount added to the cost price of goods to cover overhead and profit; it is the difference between the cost of a good or service and its selling price.