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Spending Smarter - Mortgage Savings Calculator

Mortgage Savings Calculator
  • If interest rates fall, should you "break" your mortgage and go for the lower rate?
  • What will you save if you prepay?
  • What are the costs and savings of a shorter or longer amortization period, or a higher or lower interest rate?

Our calculator answers these questions!

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Your Information

(Modify the values presented below according to your needs)

About Your Current Mortgage

Mortgage, Remaining Term months
Mortgage, Monthly Payment $
Mortgage, (annual) Interest Rate % p.a.
Mortgage, Remaining Amortization Period
or
Mortgage, Outstanding Balance $

About Your New Mortgage

Months of Interest Penalty for Breaking Mortgage months
or
Dollar Value of Penalty to Break Mortgage $
Desired Lump Sum Payment to Reduce Mortgage $
New Mortgage, (annual) Interest Rate % p.a.
New Mortgage, desired Amortization Period
or
New Mortgage, desired Monthly Payment $
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Your Result

Your Result

For Your Current Mortgage

Current Outstanding Mortgage Balance $
(Assuming a known amortization period.)
Current Amortization Period months
(Assuming a known mortgage balance.)
How much interest will you pay this month? $
Total Dollar Amount of Penalty: $
New Mortgage Balance to be Financed $

For Your New Mortgage

New Monthly Payment: $
(Assuming the desired amortization period)
Compared to the old payment, how much will you save/lose per month? $
How Much Will You Save/Lose over Remaining Term? $
New Amortization Period: months
(Assuming the desired monthly payments) years
How Many Months of Payments will You Save/Lose? months
years
* We wish to thank York University Professor Moshe A. Milevsky, and researchers at the Individual Finance and Insurance Decisions (IFID) Centre, a non-profit corporation, housed at the Fields Institute in Toronto, for developing the content of this calculator.
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