Question

Tommy agrees to buy a house for $84,500. He pays $2,000 as earnest money and obtains a new mortgage loan for $67,600. The purchase contract provides for a Mar. 15 settlement. Tommy and the sellers prorate the present year's real estate taxes of $1,880.96, which have been paid. The buyer is responsible for the day of closing. Tommy has additional closing costs of $1250. Using the "actual number of days" method, how much cash must Tommy bring to the settlement?

Answer 1

Answer: $17,654.97

Explanation:

In order to solve the question, the first thing to do is to count the number of days from March 15 to Dec. 31. In this case, we will have 292 days.

Then we get the daily rate which will be:

= $1,880.96/365

= $5.153.

Then, we multiply the daily rate of $5.153 by the number of days which will be:

= $5153 × 292 days

= $1,504.97.

Then, we calculate the down payment, which will be:

= $84,500 - $67,600

= $16,900

We then deduct the $2,000 that has already been paid. This will be:

= $16900 - $2000

= $14900

Adding together all the values then the total cash that Tommy must bring to the settlement will be:

= $14900 + $1,504.97 + $1,250

= $17,654.97