Re: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator

2006-11-07 Thread Jim Schneider
Perhaps Finance::Calculator::Mortgage? - Original Message - From: Dmitri Tikhonov [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Smylers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: module-authors@perl.org Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:32 AM Subject: Re: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator Mortgages may compound

Re: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator

2006-11-05 Thread Smylers
On November 1st Chris wrote: Is this discount completely unique to the UK? I wouldn't've thought so. But I only know UK mortgages, and the things I mentioned weren't included by Dmitri in the description of what his module does, nor on the webpage he linked to about how to calculate USA and

Re: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator

2006-11-01 Thread Smylers
Dmitri Tikhonov writes: I intend to write a new module, Finance::MortgageCalculator, with the express purpose of calculating mortgages. Does anyone foresee any problem with the name? Which country's mortgage markets are you familiar with? Do you have confidence that whatever calculations

Re: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator

2006-11-01 Thread Chris
On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Smylers wrote: Dmitri Tikhonov writes: I intend to write a new module, Finance::MortgageCalculator, with the express purpose of calculating mortgages. Does anyone foresee any problem with the name? Which country's mortgage markets are you familiar with? Do you have

Re: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator

2006-11-01 Thread Smylers
Chris writes: On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Smylers wrote: Dmitri Tikhonov writes: I intend to write a new module, Finance::MortgageCalculator, with the express purpose of calculating mortgages. Does anyone foresee any problem with the name? Which country's mortgage markets are you

Re: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator

2006-11-01 Thread Dmitri Tikhonov
Mortgages may compound differently -- monthly (the most common in the USA), biweekly, or semi-annually (Canadian). The common thing between them is that there's still a fixed number of payments. I will make the interface support all of these methods. The following web site has some formulas and

Re: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator

2006-11-01 Thread Smylers
Dmitri Tikhonov writes: Mortgages may compound differently -- monthly (the most common in the USA), biweekly, or semi-annually (Canadian). Or indeed daily: http://www.nationwide.co.uk/mortgage/homebuyers/intro.htm The common thing between them is that there's still a fixed number of

Re: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator

2006-11-01 Thread Struan Donald
* at 31/10 22:08 -0500 Dmitri Tikhonov said: Fellow authors, I intend to write a new module, Finance::MortgageCalculator, with the express purpose of calculating mortgages. Does anyone foresee any problem with the name? I searched CPAN for a while but have not found a module that does

Re: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator

2006-11-01 Thread Chris
On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Smylers wrote: In the UK mortgages many also have a discounted rate for the first few years. I had one which had a discount of 1.2% points for 2 years followed by a premium of 0.8% points for 3 years (so paying out less during the first couple of years after buying a

RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator

2006-10-31 Thread Dmitri Tikhonov
Title: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator Fellow authors, I intend to write a new module, Finance::MortgageCalculator, with the express purpose of calculating mortgages. Does anyone foresee any problem with the name? I searched CPAN for a while but have not found a module that does