Given the following, compute the before tax cost of debt: The par value of the firms outstanding 20 year 8% annual coupon debt is 1,000 and the debt currently has a market value of 800. The firm's tax rate is 30%. The current dividend (just paid) is 2.00. The dividend growth rate is 3%. The current stock price is 20.00. New equity flotation costs are 10%. The risk free rate is 4%. The market risk premium (Market return - Risk free rate) is 6%. The security beta is 2.

In a fixed-term, level-payment reverse mortgage, sometimes called a reverse annuity mortgage, or ram, a lender agrees to pay the homeowner a monthly payment, or annuity, and expects to be repaid from the homeowner’s equity when he or she sells the home or obtains other financing to pay off the ram. consider a household that owns a $150,000 home free and clear of mortgage debt. the ram lender agrees to a $100,000 ram for 10 years at 6 percent. assume payments are made annually, at the beginning of each year to the homeowner. calculate the annual payment on the ram.