Balloon Mortgage
A balloon mortgage is a mortgage loan that has a relatively short repayment period (5 to 7 years), at which point the entire balance is due. Or, uh…balloons.
For example, Joe buys a house with a $200,000 mortgage at 6% under a 5-year balloon structure. Joe pays $1,200 a month for 7 years, at which time the balance of $127,964 is due.
Balloon Pros: Lower interest rate and monthly payment than conventional loans. Good for someone expecting a dramatic change in economic status, or someone who doesn't envision keeping that house for a long time (from 1985 to 2008, U.S. homeowners moved every 6 years on average), or expects to refinance at the end of the 7-year period.
Balloon Cons: Static or reduced income status leaves the owner in dire straits after the seventh year.
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Finance: What is a zero coupon bond?15 Views
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right well there was a whole song about him and
your parentsgeneration Just ask him The coupon on a bond
is its dividend or yield payment also known as the
rent paid by the corporation or government or individual who's
Borrowing that money sofa bond has zero coupon Does that
mean the rental of that capital is free Uh no
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a thousand might sell initially for say seven hundred twenty
dollars iy a big discount to that grand the bonds
interest is on ly paid cumulatively at the very end
when the person who loaned the seven hundred twenty dollars
gets his grand back that's it it's a one time
payment of a thousand bucks so many years later like
a decade of that bond yielding a bit over three
point three percent if you did the math of compounding
well this is what it would look like Note that
the amount owed at the end of the year is
mohr than what was owed the previous year and that
the interest is charged than on that amount Well in
real life these calculations are done twice a year with
bonds that is every six months the interest rates are
charged Zero coupon bonds yield notably more than normal bonds
which pay interests every six months Why Why With zero
coupon bonds yield mohr risk in paying some interest at
least some each six month period Well the bondholders getting
something back along the way and over time the interest
payments can be More than the principal loaned itself So
with zero coupon bonds Well there's Just a one time
payment at the very end So you'd better hope the
person showing you that money doesn't You know just decide
to skip town a week before the principal and interest
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