Mortgage Refinance Calculator
This refinance calculator helps determine if you should refinance or not.
By refinancing, your monthly mortgage savings are shown below:
Existing Loan | New Loan | |||
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Loan Amount | ||||
Interest rate (%) | ||||
Loan Period | ||||
Scheduled Number Of Payments | ||||
How many months have been paid? | ||||
Monthly Mortgage payment | (1) | (2) | ||
Monthly Mortgage savings (2) - (1) |
Here's the TOTAL picture of refinancing:
Existing Loan | New Loan | ||||
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Loan Amount | (1) | ||||
Interest rate (%) | (2) | (3) | |||
Interest rate reduction with new loan (2) - (3) | |||||
Loan Period | |||||
Scheduled Number Of Payments | (4) | ||||
How many months have been paid? | (5) | ||||
Monthly Mortgage payment | (6) | (7) | |||
Monthly Mortgage savings (8) = (7) - (6) | (8) | ||||
Current existing loan balance | |||||
Total amount to be paid with the existing loan (if no refinance) | (9) | ||||
Amounts already paid on existing loan | (10) ( principal + interest) |
Now I need to add the refinance (closing) cost to the picture. There are 2 parts to the refinance (closing) cost:
Part 1: Interest to be paid during the refinance process | ||
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Unpaid interest on Existing Loan (1 month) | ||
Prepaid interest on New Loan (1 month) | ||
Part 1 subtotal | ||
Part 2: Refinance processing fees | ||
New loan points and lender costs on new loan * (Get the number from your lender) |
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Other refinance costs ** | ||
Part 2 subtotal | ||
Total refinance (closing) cost | (11) |
* The default is 1.25% of the new loan amount
** Appraisal, credit report, tax service, flood certificate, processing fee, title insurance, escrow fee, notary fee, etc.
I want to pay my refinance (closing) cost out of pocket | I DON'T want to pay my refinance (closing) cost and want to add it to the New Loan | |||
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New loan amount considered | (1) | (1) | ||
Refinance cost added to new loan | (11) | |||
Adjusted new loan amount | (1) | (1) + (11) | ||
Total amount paid over full term of years (principal + interest) | (12) | (13) | ||
Refinance cost added out of pocket | (11) | |||
Total amount plus closing costs over full term | (14) = (12) + (11) | (13) | ||
If you don't refinance, the amount left to pay at end of existing loan is | (15) = (9) - (10) | (15) = (9) - (10) | ||
My monthly mortgage payment will be | (7) (8) | |||
By refinancing, I will | (15) - (14) | (15) - (13) |