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What's the APR for this in combination with the Balloon Payment of 6525 USD?

I am trying to solve the following: Finance Amount: 24.951,82 USD Interest Rate: 2.29% Residual Value: 6.525 USD Number of Months: 60 Fee: 374.28 Years: 5 What's the APR for this in combination with ...
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Refinance Calculator - use Interest Rate or APR?

I am using the NerdWallet Refinance Calculator to compare current loan with new loan. https://www.nerdwallet.com/mortgages/refinance-calculator/calculate-refinance-savings My question is should I put ...
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Formula for calculating the monthly payment for a Personal Contract Purchase

How can I calculate the monthly payment for a PCP (Personal Contract Purchase) when given the variables below? 'Amount to be financed' - finance amount APR (annual percentage rate - %) Length of ...
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What is the formula for calculating the months till pay off of a credit card that includes the APR?

I'm playing around in Excel attempting to get the total months to pay off a credit card. I'm not looking to pay off by a certain date. I just want to know how long it will take me to pay off what I ...
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What is the formula to get the Interest percentage from Interest Rate?

What is the formula to get the Interest percentage from Interest Rate? Given : Principal Amount : $1000 Interest Rate : $1 / Month Number of payments : 10 What is the formula to fetch the ...
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20% APR means only 10% interest? (UK)

I am trying to get better grasp of what the APR figure means, so this example is purely hypothetical. I have entered a loan of £100,000 into an APR calculator on MoneySuperMarket with a 20% APR for ...
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Algorithm to calculate the Interest on Loan with a Balloon Payment

I am trying to understand the algorithm used by My Calculators.com - Balloon Payment Calculator If I enter the following details: Loan amount: 4556.75 Number of months: 5 Interest rate: 5.75% ...
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Converting interest rates

I have found a monthly interest rate, 0.72% Now, I would like to convert this monthly rate to: Equivalent annual nominal rate of interest payable half yearly, and Equivalent annual nominal rate of ...
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How to calculate APR for a fixed rate loan due before amortization end date?

I need help with the following question for a homework assignment related to finding the APR for an investment class. Here's the question: Calculate the APR for a $500000 fixed rate loan amortized ...
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Car finance, APR rates and per week in adverts; help understanding them

Looking at a car advert [for a car I was considering buying in April 2008] but in the end I didn't - this was what the advert stated: 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA 1.4 VVTi 5 door hatchback £7195 From £38 ...
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Calculate APR from balloon loan

I need formula to calculate nominal APR from balloon loan with contract fee. The initial data and payment schedule is: Loan sum: 10 000€ Interest rate per year: 15% Loan period: 2 years Payments ...
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Effective Interest Rate from bifurcated interest rate

Here goes, this is the scope of my question: Say I want to take out a credit card, that has 0% interest for 12 months, when at the 13th month, whatever debt is taken out on the card will be subjected ...
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Having trouble with APR calculation

I am using the formula listed on the following site to try to calculate APR: http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/6500-1950.html#fdic6500appendixjtopart226 go to appendix J, if it doesn't auto ...
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Calculate APR for under 1 year loan

I was talking with a friend about Payday loans (neither of us is getting one, just merely curious) and the APRs they state aren't really true. So, I was trying to figure out an APR based on the ...
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How to arrive at the fee-adjusted APR (accounting for balance transfer fee, but not inflation)?

I'm trying to figure out the fee-adjusted interest rate paid when incurring a balance transfer fee on a loan, not accounting for inflation. If the APR is 4%, the loan 5000, the transfer 2% and you ...
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