FIN 502 : CHAPTER 12 credit and debt management.docx

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Looks at what the borrower will have in the future (interest and principle payment) Lender is interested in both the borrower"s short-run and long-run ability to pay interest and principle. Liquidity: ability of a family to meet its debt service payments in the short run. Solvency: the long-run ability of the family to pay its debts. Two important factors that affect your debt capacity are: expected net assets or net worth and expected net cash flow each year. Debt service charge: how likely the cash flow is to fail to provide for all. Matching principle in finance: one should match the expected economic life of an asset to the term of maturity of the financing. Two debt service ratios: debt service ratio (gds ratio) benchmark not over 30% Gds = (annual mortgage payments + property taxes) / gross family income: total debt service ratio (tds ratio) benchmark not over 40%

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