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- Original mortgage amount
- Original amount of your mortgage.
- Appraised value
- The appraised value of your home when you
purchased it.
- Current term in years
- Total length of your current mortgage in
years.
- Years remaining
- Number of years remaining on your current
mortgage.
- Income tax rate
- Your current income tax rate.
- Calculate balance
- To let the calculator determine your remaining
balance, based on your original loan information and years remaining, check this
box. To enter your own amount, leave this box unchecked.
- Current appraised value
- The current appraised value of your home.
- Loan balance
- Balance of your mortgage that will be refinanced.
- New interest rate
- The annual interest rate for the new loan.
- New term in years
- Number of years for your new loan.
- Loan origination rate
- This is the percentage of the new mortgage
that is paid to the lender as the loan origination fee. Typically this fee is 1%
of the loan balance.
- Other closing costs
- Estimate of all other closing costs for this
loan. This should include filing fees, appraiser fees and any other
miscellaneous fees paid.
- Points paid
- This is the number of points paid to the lender to
reduce the interest rate on the mortgage. Each point costs 1% of the new loan
amount.
- Current payment
- Your current payment is the sum of principal,
interest and PMI (Principal Mortgage Insurance). Because refinancing does not
affect your insurance or taxes, they are not included here.
- New payment
- Your new payment is the sum of principal, interest and
PMI.
- Monthly PMI payment
- Monthly cost of Principal Mortgage Insurance (PMI).
For loans secured with less than 20% down, PMI is estimated at 0.5% of your loan
balance each year. Monthly PMI is calculated by multiplying your starting loan
balance by this percent and dividing by 12. When the equity in your home exceeds
the percentage required for PMI, your PMI payment drops to zero.
- Monthly PI payment
- Monthly principal and interest payment.
- Breakeven monthly payment savings
- The number of months it will
take for your monthly payment reduction to be greater than closing costs.
- Breakeven PMI & interest savings
- The number of months it will take
for your interest and PMI savings to exceed your closing costs.
- Breakeven total savings after-tax
- The number of months it will
take for your after-tax interest and PMI savings to exceed your closing costs.
- Breakeven total savings vs. prepayment
- This is the most
conservative breakeven measure. It is the number of months it will take for your
after-tax interest and PMI savings to exceed both your closing costs and any
interest savings from prepaying your mortgage. The prepayment amount used in
this calculation is the amount that you would have to spend on closing costs.
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