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Loan: calculate number of monthly payments with fixed annual interest, fixed montly payment, and 1 additional payment per year

The situation is the following. Consider a loan of 430,000 units (dollars or whatever). The client will pay 10,000 units per month. The client will pay an additional 70,000 units every 12th month of ...
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Proceeds of house sale for study loan

Sale of House proceeds is 50lacs. profit from sale of property 15 lacs. I have student loan 30 lacs. Should I pay student loan first or buy property. My all transactions are in in INDIA.
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Which mortgage should I pay off first? Same interest rate and mortgage length

tl;dr: I have two amortized mortgages; one big and one small. The conditions (interest rate and mortgage length) are exactly the same. Which should I pay off first? I have always heard that you ...
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How to solve amortization schedule where 10% of the interest is paid back on 4th payment

I am trying to find an algorithm to solve this amortization schedule: P = 1000, term = 12 months, Interest=5%, calculation based on actual/365. 10% of the total interest of the loan is added to the ...
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Are all my sources of income considered when calculating the repayment of my student loan?

Actually, I have two questions. I have a student loan income-based repayment, from my studies in the UK. Are any other income sources rather than my salary considered?. For example, a rent I get from ...
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How to calculate how much more paying off a loan with extra principal payments saves vs extra payments?

So I recently wrote my loan provider on whether the extra online payments I was making were applied directly to principal and it turns out they were not, they were just treating it like extra pre-...
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If loans are sold at discount to other lenders, why isn't the same offer given to the debtor for payoff?

Let’s say I have a loan at 3% for 10years for $100,000. After one year rates in the Loan market rise and are at 6% for the same type of loan. Why wouldn’t the payoff amount of the loan be discounted ...
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IRA withdraw penalties vs interest rates today

Here's a interesting point of view/question. With interest rates near 10% for loans these days - used car loans at 9.06% for someone with excellent credit - are we at a point where it makes more sense ...
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Buying a duplex with another party, and 1 moves out: Does that party pay more?

I bought a duplex with another person. Two houses on the lot, and we both are living in the property. One decided to move out & rent their part. Would they still be obligated to pay their half, ...
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Varying interest charges on car loan

I am making my $386 a month car loan payments each month on time. I just looked at the payment history and the amounts of principal and interest vary widely each month. For example: October: Balance ...
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Are there any amortized home mortgage loans where the monthly payments are distributed equally between interest and principal?

Are there any type of home mortgage loans where the amortized monthly payments are equally distributed towards the interest and principal? I understand this would violate the current formulas used to ...
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Does a company have to have your login information to verify your identity?

A loan company said they needed my logins to my account and got a couple closed and also logged into my id.me and got it locked. Do they need my username and password? He said that he needed another ...
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Why aren’t amortized loans outlawed and replaced with a more equitable model to the borrower?

I completely understand that banks are in the business of making money and capitalism prioritizes profit above all other values. However why aren’t laws enacted that would ban amortized loans and ...
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Credit Investing - Best Metric To Compare Spread / Yield Per Unit of Risk

Do people investing in credit (leveraged loans / high yield) that want to compare different industries / different valued businesses ever look at spread per turn of LTV (or the inverse, 1/LTV = asset ...
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Are banks willing to lend money to one-man APP startups?

I am one person building a social-media-ish APP. I am 2 years along. Let's say that it's 90% finished. How do you get a bank to lend you money for this APP?
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How to compare loan interest rate to savings account interest rate?

I don't understand how to compare my loan's interest rate to my savings account interest rate. My savings account states: The Interest Rate on your account is 4.0249% with an Annual Percentage Yield ...
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Minimizing tax liability in business purchase w/ personal loan from other partner

I'm purchasing an existing business with a business partner. They're in a better position than I am regarding liquid assets. I've got most of my assets in positions where I'd be paying high short term ...
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Determine loan interest rate from income statements and balance sheets

I'm trying to determine the loan interest rate from financial statements, e.g https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/VLVLY/balance-sheet?p=VLVLY Here's what I got Interesting expense 1,205,000 = 12.05B ...
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Consequences of frequent share holder loan and repayment to and from my Ontario Corporation?

Let's say I have an Ontario Corporation in Canada. My corporate fiscal year is from July 1 to June 30. I also have a personal line of credit with my personal bank and I owe $50k to the bank. The ...
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Creating an amortization schedule for a loan with variable interest that compounds 2x per year

Has anyone created an amortization schedule for a loan with a variable interest rate that also compounds 2x per year? The loan has a set payment amount (15k monthly), but because the interest is ...
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My girlfriend helped me buy a car - Who is responsible if she takes it back?

My original car was totaled, and I couldn't get a car on my own due to bad credit. The dealership approved me at a high rate with money down. When I get my trust fund, I can buy one. My girlfriend ...
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How does a rollover work with Bonds?

I understand how a rollover works with personal loans. An easy example would be a car. Someone wants to buy a new car, but they still have an outstanding balance on their current vehicle. So the ...
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Can applying for a new loan affect my existing mortgage? (US)

I live in the US and I am a somewhat mature full-time graduate student. I have gone back to grad school after having spent some years working and I have children and a mortgage. My school has a policy ...
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Do student loans capitalize daily after the grace period?

As I understand it, for many student loans, when you take out the loan, there is a daily, fixed, simple interest that accrues. This accrues on the principal but does not capitalize. Therefore, if I am ...
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Does a loan for purchasing land provide a tax benefit?

I want to take a loan for land. In the future we want to build house on it, but now we can only afford the land. Would this be a personal loan or home loan? If I take this land loan can I benefit in ...
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How do loan payments made before the end of the month affect payment due for that month?

I would to understand how loan repayments work. Let's say I take out a loan for $100,000 at 5% for 5 years. I would have a monthly payment of $2,124.70. This payment is expected to be paid monthly. ...
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When is it worth taking out a loan for something I could pay in cash?

I'm trying to better understand the time-value of money and how to compare interest rates vs. investment returns. In general, if I can pay for something in cash or short-term credit (paid off monthly),...
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I have to pay back my student loan. When is the best time to do it?

Today, I received the news that my "Payback phase" for my student loan has begun. I was afraid this day would come soon, but it came quicker than I anticipated. However, I got the news that ...
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Are demand and time deposit accounts really loans _to_ the bank?

Borrowers pay interest to borrowees any time they take out a loan. The Government even pays interest when you "buy" it's notes and bonds. Banks, too, pay interest to deposit holders. Does ...
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Tidal loan insurance

I received notification of approval from Lending Club. He said it was structured as a "tidal loan" and an insurance fee would need to paid upfront to allow funding. Does this sound legit?? ...
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Can we hand over blank cheques to a bank when applying for any kinda loans?

I applied for a 4 lakh car loan with HDFC Bank, but before they will approve it, they require four blank cheques with my signature. Is it safe to give the bank those cheques?
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Salary doubled on credit app - what could happen?

I recently applied for credit for a loan for a solar system. I submitted the form on the solar companies website. They sent it to some loan company who sent me their credit application doc to sign ...
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Musk bought Twitter with $13b loans - why is *Twitter* liable for this debt rather than Musk?

Elon Musk bought Twitter in late 2022 for $44 billion. My understanding is that $13b of the total price was financed by bank loans. So, why is Twitter itself on the hook for the loan repayments? If I ...
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Is car loan the better option when one has already saved enough to cover the purchase

Let's say someone has saved $100 000. There is no specific purpose for this saving Now there is a car that cost $62 000 Financing the car entirely via a bank loan would cost around 50% of the salary ...
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Which is cheaper: 50% down with 50% loan or 100% loan with 50% immediately paid after signing

I find myself in a position of needing to finance a large purchase. Fortunately, I saved a significant amount in expectation of this expense so I have about 50% of the total cost on hand and ...
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Would a personal loan likely be denied if the intended use was real estate?

I have an excellent credit score and long history with my bank. I would like to buy an apartment outside of my country (the US). Since I can't take out a mortgage with my US bank for this purpose, I'm ...
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Do I use savings to buy a car?

My current car worth £700 needs £1500 of repairs. It’s a bit of a money pit at the moment with big repairs needed a lot. I want to buy a new car. I’m looking at used cars and I found a 2015 Corsa that ...
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Why would a loan company deposit a small amount into my account and require I send it back?

Why would a loan company deposit a small amount of money into your account to verify if you are honest about repaying the loan you’re asking for? They want to deposit a small amount into my account, ...
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US: tax on revenues from loans (I'm the lender) and other services?

I have some spare money and would sometimes loan it to strangers in need on the internet. Let's say that I loan $100 and get $150 back after 5 weeks. Only that $50 should count as my income right? And ...
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Why offer at a lower interest rate on a loan then the expected ROI of investing in the stock market?

A quick google search told me that the expected ROI of investing in the stock market is roughly just under 10% That's admittedly a bit higher then I had anticipated, but quick scanning of their ...
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What would be a recommended interest rate for an unsecured loan to individuals with mediocre credit rating and income close to expenses?

I have a friend whose new wife is paying an absurdly high interest rate on her auto loan. They've asked if I was willing to loan them money at a more reasonable rate to pay off that loan and have ...
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Why the calculated cost of a loan is less than expected? Is the bank working at a loss?

Let's say I want to borrow $1000 from a bank at an interest rate of 12% per year, for one year. The number of payments in this case is equal to 12 (one year * months per year) and the interest rate ...
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How do I find company exposures to specific loan types? [closed]

I think student loan liabilities are likely to become a big problem pretty soon. How do I find the companies that would be most exposed to this? not sure where to start.
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Calculate Loan Balance and Future Balance with Extra Repayments

So, here's the current situation. I took out a £7000 loan over 42 months at the insane interest rate of 47.4%. I needed the loan, couldn't borrow it off family, and the interest rate is due to some ...
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Borrow from 401k (and pay interest to myself) or take a loan from bank (and pay interest to the bank) to buy a car?

Should I borrow against my 401k at 6% interest rate (which I pay to myself) or take a loan through a bank at 3.5% interest rate (which is paid to the bank)? Buying a car for my kids and can't afford ...
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If informal debt agreements ( e.g. IOUs ) aren't legally enforcable, how are they useful? When should you use a loan agreement instead?

I am unsure when to use IOUs for my business & friends' debt. Investopedia states that loan agreements are similar to IOUs but legally enforceable. If informal debt agreements carry no legal ...
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Is there a way to not receive a credit score drop when paying off an auto loan by keeping the account active in another way?

I know the credit score drop is minimal if you have good credit and will recover eventually, but it just occurred to me that perhaps there is a work around like updating the account or restructuring ...
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What’s the real benefit of taking loan when interest rate is lower than inflation

This question is particularly regarding taking out a loan for a specific purpose, let’s say buying a car. I understand that when taking out a loan when inflation is high and interest rates are low you ...
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What's the name for a group of people pooling fund every period then loaning the collected sum to a single member periodically?

I got into an argument with a family member about a loaning mechanism they and their friends are using. They detailed it this way: in a group of 5, every member submits $200 to a safe keeper in the ...
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Are there any home-loans that compound every quarter or half-year or annually?

Are there any home-loans that compound every quarter or half-year or annually? Asking for a friend who keeps bugging my other friend to give them money to buy a house, and the friend doesn't want to ...
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