Run the numbers.
The monthly payment and its full schedule, how much home your income supports, when a refinance pays for itself, and renting against buying. You bring the numbers, the rate included.
What the payment comes to.
Put in the price, your down payment, the term and your rate. Add taxes, insurance and dues for the whole monthly cost. The schedule below shows where each year's payments go.
How the loan pays down
- Interest
- Toward the loan
How much home your income supports.
Start from what you earn and what you already pay each month. The price moves with your rate, your down payment, and the share of your income you'd put toward debt.
Add your income and a rate to see a price.
A starting point, not a loan approval. Lenders also look at credit, savings and the home itself.
When a refinance pays for itself.
Compare the loan you have with a new one. The closing costs come first, and each month's savings pay them back. The break-even is the month you come out ahead.
Add the balance and both rates to compare.
See it as a table
Principal and interest only. Taxes and insurance stay the same either way.
Renting or buying, side by side.
Renting costs the rent. Buying costs the down payment, the payments and the upkeep, and gives back what the home sells for. Add your own guesses for how prices, rents and savings grow.
Add the rent, the price and a rate to compare.
See it as a table
Leaves out income taxes. Taxes, insurance, dues and upkeep stay as you enter them. A rough guide, not financial advice.