Every extra dollar buys back a month.
A little more each month, or one payment now, and the loan ends years early. See how many years, and how much interest.
Describe the loan, then add something to it.
Set the loan you have, then add an amount to the payment or a one-time payment against the balance. It moves as you type.
What the extra buys you:
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Your scheduled payment is $2,528.27 a month
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With the extra you send $2,728.27 a month instead
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The loan is gone 5 years, 7 months sooner
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And you never pay $111,892 of the interest
Extra money only does this if your servicer puts it toward principal. Say so when you send it, and check your note for a prepayment penalty.
An estimate built from what you entered — not a quote or an approval.
Talk it through with someoneA starting assumption, not an offer. Your rate is priced to your file.
A single payment against the balance, made now rather than every month.
On top of the scheduled payment, every month, for as long as the loan runs.
Watch the balance fall on both loans.
The same loan twice — as it stands, and with your extra on it. The gap between the lines is what you bought back.
- Without extra payments
- With extra payments
Year 25 · Without extra payments $129,217 · With extra payments $0
The two loans, side by side
- Paid off in
- 30 yrs
- Interest paid
- $510,178
- Total paid
- $910,178
- Paid off in
- 24 yrs 5 mo
- Interest paid
- $398,286
- Total paid
- $798,286
Paying it down early is one strategy. There are others.
Recasting, refinancing, or keeping the cash — which fits depends on your rate and your other debts. A loan officer can talk it through.
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