How Much Will My Principal Be?
This calculator figures your principal balance after any number of payments. Input the beginning principal amount, interest rate, length of the loan, and the number of payments to analyze. This information can be helpful when analyzing an adjustable rate product. After 3 years, your balance will reamortize to the adjustable rate. You can take the principal balance and use our payment calculator to analyze your new payment at various interest rates.
Popular Mortgage Questions
Popular Mortgage Glossary Terms
A second mortgage on a property that is not paid off when the first mortgage is refinanced. The second mortgage lender must allow subordination of the second to the new first mortgage. ...
The minimum allowable ratio of down payment to sale price on any loan program. If the minimum is 10%, for example, it means that you must make a down payment of at least $10,000 on a ...
A second mortgage offered at preferential (subsidized) terms to those who qualify. For example, a labor union may offer members who are first-time home buyers a silent second to finance ...
A very large increase in the payment on an ARM that may surprise the borrower. The term is also used to refer to a large difference between the rent being paid by a first-time home buyer ...
A documentation requirement where the applicant's assets are not disclosed. ...
Same as term Interest Rate: The rate charged the borrower each period for the loan of money, by custom quoted on an annual basis. A mortgage interest rate is a rate on a loan secured by a ...
The initial interest rate on an ARM, when it is below the fully indexed rate. ...
A derogatory term for lender fees that are expressed in dollars rather than as a percent of the loan amount. ...
The lender's risk that, between the time a lock commitment is given to the borrower and the time the loan is closed, interest rates will rise and the lender will take a loss on selling ...
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