Mortgage amount
Original or expected balance for your mortgage.
Interest rate
Annual interest rate for this mortgage.
Amortization period
The number of years over which you will repay this loan. The most common mortgage
amortization periods are 20 years and 25 years.
Mortgage payment
Your principal and interest payment (PI) per period.
Accelerated weekly and bi-weekly payments
Accelerated weekly and accelerated bi-weekly payment options are calculated by taking
a monthly payment schedule and assuming only four weeks in a month. We calculate
an accelerated weekly payment, for example, by taking your normal monthly payment
and dividing it by four. Since you pay 52 weekly payments, by the end of a year
you have paid the equivalent of one extra monthly payment. This additional amount
accelerates your loan payoff by going directly against your loan's principal. The
effect can save you thousands in interest and take years off of your mortgage.
The accelerated bi-weekly payment is calculated by dividing your monthly payment
by two. You then make 26 bi-weekly payments. Just like the accelerated weekly payments
you are in effect paying an additional monthly payment per year.
Total payments
Total of all monthly payments over the full term of the mortgage. This total payment
amount assumes that there are no prepayments of principal.
Total interest
Total of all interest paid over the full term of the mortgage. This total interest
amount assumes that there are no prepayments of principal.
Prepayment type
The frequency of prepayment. The options are none, monthly, yearly and a one time
payment.
Prepayment amount
Amount that will be prepaid on your mortgage. This amount will be applied to the
mortgage principal balance, based on the prepayment type.
Start with payment
This is the payment number that your prepayments will begin with. For a one time
payment, this is the payment number that the single prepayment will be included
in.
All prepayments of principal are assumed to be received by your lender in time to
be included in the following month's interest calculation.
Savings
Total amount of interest you will save by prepaying your mortgage.