Jim wants to buy a property and needs to borrow 195,000. He canget a loan at 7% for 25 years. Loan origination fees will be$4,700. Assume the lender also imposes a prepayment penalty of 3percent of the outstanding loan balance if the loan is repaidwithin 8 years of closing. If Jim repays the loan after 6 yearswith the penalty, what is the effective interest rate?
8.1%
7.0%
7.9%
7.5%