I know that an 8.5% mortgage will actually cost you ~250% of the loan amount, but can someone give me the formula for how payments and junk are figured out?
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The 8.5% is an Annual percentage rate, so you pay 8.5% of the balance yearly, but it compounds daily so your balance changes everyday therefor the amount changes daily, if that makes sense. So you pay far more the 8.5% on the life of the loan, because you pay 8.5% yearly on the balance, you pay less interest every year.
BTW, I am not a pro at this shite. As far as calculating payments a very rough estimate is $100.00 per 10,000.00 that always keeps you safe. |
I think I lost you on that one. Sorry.
So if the loan is $10,000, then you pay $850 of the principle the first year? |
No interest rate isn't principle, you would pay somewhere around $850.00 in interest in the first year.
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Ohhhhhh....jeez I'm stupid.
Wait...no...I was just confused...lol. Now I have to make an Excel sheet to figure all of this out for me. "so you pay 8.5% of the balance yearly" is what got me...you meant you pay that in interest. |
There are some decent mortgage calculaters online, you just gotta hunt down one of them. Try a bank website or something.
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I need one I can save the information on, so I'm using Excel. I think I've got the idea now...thanks!
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Originally Posted by UniqueTII' date='Oct 24 2002, 10:11 AM
Ohhhhhh....jeez I'm stupid.
Wait...no...I was just confused...lol. Now I have to make an Excel sheet to figure all of this out for me. "so you pay 8.5% of the balance yearly" is what got me...you meant you pay that in interest. |
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I guess you got your question answered
I know on my mortgage, for $245,000 paid back over 30 years at 7% the montly payment is about $1200 or so, so you pay them back about $432,000 for that loan. Then factor in some insurance: flood,home owners,and loan insurance and the real biggie on Long Island: property taxes for a grand total of $2050. |
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