Question: Need help with this question! Solve the following problem using MS Excel (or similar software). It is January 2026. You are married with two small
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Solve the following problem using MS Excel (or similar software). It is January 2026. You are married with two small children (6 and 2). You want to save enough money to send your two children to university. Since they are four years apart in age, you need to have a sum of money that will provide $4 000 semiannually for eight years. Your household's annual net income is $67 500. The two of you accumulated $67 000 in student loans to be paid back in maximum 15 years at 6.5% interest rate. You have the following fixed monthly expenses (at least): 1. Rent (includes utilities): 1300+ 2. Daycare: 650+ 3. Two cars (3y & 7y) insurance and maintenance: 450+ 4. Phone, TV, internet, etc.: 250+ 5. Food, clothing, etc.: 950+ 6. Entertainment, holiday, unforeseen expenses etc.: 500+ At the moment you have $10 000 in savings. You are thinking of purchasing a home worth between $350 000 and $400 000 by paying x% down and then taking out a mortgage at jz = 3.5%. (Typically lenders will require mortgage loan insurance if a borrower has a down payment of less than 20% of the purchase price of the home.) Your (initial) plan is to amortize the mortgage over 25 years with equal monthly payments. (Think about all the additional monthly expenses of owning a house: for example at a minimum * Utilities: $350+; * Maintenance: $200+; * Property tax: $350+; "Home Insurance: $150+; "$$$ Mortgage loan insurance: depending on down payment) a. Determine the ideal/optimal year of buying a house, the total amount you can afford under the above circumstances and the down payment (this might require more than one scenario). b. Determine the monthly payment and create amortization schedules showing the distribution of the payments as to interest and principal
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