Math 1 Flashcards
amortization
Paying off an amount owed (i.e. a loan) over time. When purchasing a home, this is the process by which loan principal decreases over the life of a loan. Each mortgage payment includes some payment applied to the interest of the loan and some applied towards reducing the principal (amount that must be paid back).
principal
The money initially borrowed for a loan
that must be paid back.
calculation and paying back of loans
Paying back a loan costs more than the amount of principal borrowed because interest is added. The first payments made on a loan are mostly applied to interest rather than the principal. Over time, less of the payment goes towards interest as there is
less interest to be charged on the principal.
Can you bring calculators to testing?
When testing for your license, testing centers prefer that you use their calculators since they have been pre-checked. They do not provide financial calculators, since they do not make you go through complex calculations of this nature. The Division of Real Estate wants you to understand certain math principles as a real estate licensee, but basic math is what is tested.
N
Stands for the Number of payment periods
on a loan calculator app.
(Don’t worry, this is not tested.)
PV
Stands for Present Value on a loan
calculator app.
(Don’t worry, this is not tested.)
I/YR
Stands for Interest per Year on a loan
calculator app.
(Don’t worry, this is not tested.)
P&| payment
Principal and Interest payment only.
PITI payment
Principal, Interest, Taxes, and Insurance payment. This occurs when taxes and insurance are included in the loan payment.
LOAN DISCOUNT POINTS
- An amount that is charged to reduce the interest
rate of a loan.
qualifying ratios
Requirements set by the lender stating what the maximum allowable housing expense to income ratio, and housing expense plus other debt to
income ratio can be in order to qualify for a loan. PITI payments divided by gross monthly income gives the Housing Expense Ratio. PITI added to all monthly debts, divided by gross monthly income,
gives the Total Obligations Ratio.
loan to value ratio
The cost of the loan (the sales price minus the down payment) divided by the value of the home (the sales price). You can also start from the loan to value ratio and work backwards to calculate the purchase price.
property measurement
640 is the number of acres in a section of ground. Thus, a tract identified as the N 1/2 of the SE 1/4, of the SW 1/4, of the N 1/2 would take the 640 and divide it by 2, then 4, then 4, then 2: that tract would be 10 acres. Start with 640 and divide by the denominators in the identification in this way.
acre
There are 43,560 square feet in an acre. Convert this when calculating property measurements that use both feet and acres.
seller minimum listing
Sellers usually have a target for how much money they want to nake off of their property, after taking commissions and taxes into account. Calculate this by adding the minimum value the sellers want for the property to the closing costs. Then, divide that by the percentage NOT included in commission (i.e. divide by 94% if there is a 6% commission).
$280,000 (the minimum the seller wants to make) + $4000 (closing costs) / 94% 100% - 6% commission) = a minimum listing price of $302,127.66
% split
The way in which a commission is split between the agent and the brokerage. If a selling agent is on a 70% split, the broker keeps 30% of the agent’s commission from the sale.
subject property
The property to be sold by the seller.