Cumulative Interest


Definition of "Cumulative Interest"

Miguel Moreno
  Carrington Real Estate Services

The sum of all interest payments to date or over the life of the loan. This is not a good measure of the cost of credit to the borrower because it does not include upfront cash payments and it is not adjusted for the time value of money.


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