In an effort to avoid foreclosure proceedings on
struggling mortgage customers, Bank of America
proposed an allowance that a jobless customer
make no payment on their mortgage for up to
9 months. If the customer did not find a job within
that time period, they would have to sign over their
house to the bank. The bank would give them
$2000 for moving expenses.
Assume John and his family had a mortgage
payment of $2900 per month and he was not able
to find a job within the 9-month period. If the bank
saved $40,000 in foreclosure costs, what rate of
return per month did the bank make on the allowance?
Assume the first payment that was skipped
was due at the end of month 1 and the $40,000
foreclosure savings and $2000 moving expense
occurred at the end of the 9-month forbearance
period.