Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Mortgages Clarified (?)

Here is a typical amortization schedule:

Monthly

Remaining

Principal

Interest

Payment

Owed

Paid

Paid

$0

$100,000

$0

$0

$599

$99,900

$99

$500

$599

$99,800

$100

$500

$599

$99,700

$100

$499

$599

$99,599

$101

$498

$599

$99,497

$101

$498

$599

$99,395

$102

$497

$599

$99,293

$102

$497

$599

$99,190

$103

$496

$599

$99,086

$103

$496

$599

$98,982

$104

$495

$599

$98,877

$104

$495

$599

$98,772

$105

$494


Notice that you could double up payment 1 and Payment 2 by simply adding $100 to payment 1. Adding another $101 to payment 2 takes care of payments 3 and 4.
Adding $102 to payment 3 takes care of payments 5 and 6.
and so on. In fact, you could simply add $105 to the payment for six months to knock six payments off the end of the mortgage. You invest $1,260 to save $3,594.

You can add principal at any time, without making any special arrangements with the mortgage company.

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