Learn to Profit from Notes with Paper Assets Capital
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What are balloon payments and how do they affect note values?
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Lenders often write loans with a balloon payment attached. Simply put, the note is advertised as being a 30-year note but has a balloon payment (that is the balance of the note) due in 7 years. Today’s lending environment is not overly-friendly on balloon payments so we tend to not consider them when we value notes. Largely this is due to the uncertainty borrowers often face when they attempt to refinance a balloon mortgage. Therefore, it is often safer to value the note as if there were no balloon and instead the value is based on remaining payments.
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