Calculating Fees on a Loan Commitment You Have Approached Your

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Calculating Fees on a Loan Commitment You have approached your local bank for a start-up loan commitment for $500,000 needed to open a furniture repair store.You have requested that the term of the loan be one year.Your bank has offered you the following terms: size of loan commitment = $500,000,term = one year,up-front fee = 30 basis points,back-end fee = 60 basis points,and rate on the loan = 10 percent.If you immediately take down $250,000 and no more during the year,what is the total interest and fees you have paid on this loan commitment?

• A)$27,250
• B)$28,000
• C)$29,500
• D)$53,000

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Definitions:

Market Interest Rate

The rate of interest prevailing in the market that lenders demand and borrowers pay for funds.

Contractual Interest Rate

The agreed-upon rate of interest that is to be applied to the principal amount in a financial contract.

Discount

A reduction in the price of goods or services, typically offered to encourage purchases.

Face Value

the nominal value or original cost of a security as stated by the issuing authority, not necessarily its market value.