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Refinance Calculator

The maximum mortgage calculator will allow you to input your monthly obligations and your monthly income in order to calculate the maximum monthly mortgage payment (and mortgage amount) that you can afford, based on your current financial situation. This calculator will also help to determine how different interest rates can have an affect on how much of a mortgage you can afford.

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This JavaScript calculator will help you to decide whether or not you should refinance your current mortgage at a lower interest rate. Not only will this calculator calculate the monthly payment and net interest savings, but it will also calculate how many months it will take to break even on the closing costs.
Enter the principal balance of your mortgage: (call your mortgage lender and ask for the current payoff amount)
Enter the amount of your monthly mortgage payment: (principal and interest portion only)
Enter your mortgage's current interest rate:
Enter interest rate you will be refinancing at:
Enter the number of years you will be refinancing for:
Enter the closing costs that will be required for refinancing:

This is how much your monthly payment will be if you refinance:
Monthly Savings:
Number of months to break even on closing costs:
This is how much interest you will pay under your current monthly payment plan:
This is how much interest you will pay under your refinanced monthly payment plan:
This is how much interest you will save if you refinance:
Net Refinancing Savings (interest savings less closing costs):

More Information

The question asked most often when buyers start the home buying process is "How much of a mortgage can I afford?" How much of a mortgage you can afford will directly relate to the house price ranges that you can consider when purchasing a home. The answer to this question is not scientific, but there are guidelines that borrowers can go by in order to figure out what mortgage amount they can qualify for. The two main factors that are taken into consideration to determine how much of a mortgage payment you can handle are your monthly income and your monthly obligations (debt).