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How is principal and interest calculated on a mortgage

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This calculator will help you to determine the principal and interest breakdown on any given payment number. Enter the loan's original terms (principal, interest rate, number of payments, and monthly payment amount) and we'll show how much of your current payment is applied to principal and interest.

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How Amortizing Payments Work

If you have a fixed-rate loan the amount paid each month is determined by the interest rate and the lenght of the loan. Lenders can look at the term of the loan and charge an interest rate which they feels compensates them for the risk of loss, the cost of inflation, their business overhead & their profit margin. With a fixed rate loan the amount of each payment stays the same across the duration of the loan, but the percent of each payment that goes toward principal or interest changes over time. Early on in the loan's term a relatively large share of the payment is applied toward interest, then as the borrower pays down the loan an increasing share of the payment goes toward interest.

How is principal and interest calculated on a mortgage

Rather than using the above calculator repeatedly you can use an amortization schedule to print out the entire schedule for a loan. We host an amortization calculator which enables you to create printable amortization tables. It shows the monthly payments and amortization schedule for the principal and interest portion of loans, while other costs of borrowing like licensing or taxes are excluded.

Example Amortization Table

As an example, consider a 10 year loan for $250,000 at 8% APR with monthly payments. The monthly payment would be $3,033.19 throughout the duration of the loan. In the first payment $1,666.67 would go toward interest while $1,366.52 goes toward principal. In the final payment only $20.09 is spent on interest while $3,013.12 goes toward principal. An amortization chart for this example is listed below.

Payment NumberAmountPrincipalInterestBalance
1 $3,033.19 $1,366.52 $1,666.67 $248,633.48
2 $3,033.19 $1,375.63 $1,657.56 $247,257.85
3 $3,033.19 $1,384.80 $1,648.39 $245,873.05
4 $3,033.19 $1,394.04 $1,639.15 $244,479.01
5 $3,033.19 $1,403.33 $1,629.86 $243,075.68
6 $3,033.19 $1,412.69 $1,620.50 $241,662.99
7 $3,033.19 $1,422.10 $1,611.09 $240,240.89
8 $3,033.19 $1,431.58 $1,601.61 $238,809.31
9 $3,033.19 $1,441.13 $1,592.06 $237,368.18
10 $3,033.19 $1,450.74 $1,582.45 $235,917.44
11 $3,033.19 $1,460.41 $1,572.78 $234,457.03
12 $3,033.19 $1,470.14 $1,563.05 $232,986.89
Year 1 $17,013.11 $19,385.17
13 $3,033.19 $1,479.94 $1,553.25 $231,506.95
14 $3,033.19 $1,489.81 $1,543.38 $230,017.14
15 $3,033.19 $1,499.74 $1,533.45 $228,517.40
16 $3,033.19 $1,509.74 $1,523.45 $227,007.66
17 $3,033.19 $1,519.81 $1,513.38 $225,487.85
18 $3,033.19 $1,529.94 $1,503.25 $223,957.91
19 $3,033.19 $1,540.14 $1,493.05 $222,417.77
20 $3,033.19 $1,550.40 $1,482.79 $220,867.37
21 $3,033.19 $1,560.74 $1,472.45 $219,306.63
22 $3,033.19 $1,571.15 $1,462.04 $217,735.48
23 $3,033.19 $1,581.62 $1,451.57 $216,153.86
24 $3,033.19 $1,592.16 $1,441.03 $214,561.70
Year 2 $18,425.19 $17,973.09
25 $3,033.19 $1,602.78 $1,430.41 $212,958.92
26 $3,033.19 $1,613.46 $1,419.73 $211,345.46
27 $3,033.19 $1,624.22 $1,408.97 $209,721.24
28 $3,033.19 $1,635.05 $1,398.14 $208,086.19
29 $3,033.19 $1,645.95 $1,387.24 $206,440.24
30 $3,033.19 $1,656.92 $1,376.27 $204,783.32
31 $3,033.19 $1,667.97 $1,365.22 $203,115.35
32 $3,033.19 $1,679.09 $1,354.10 $201,436.26
33 $3,033.19 $1,690.28 $1,342.91 $199,745.98
34 $3,033.19 $1,701.55 $1,331.64 $198,044.43
35 $3,033.19 $1,712.89 $1,320.30 $196,331.54
36 $3,033.19 $1,724.31 $1,308.88 $194,607.23
Year 3 $19,954.47 $16,443.81
37 $3,033.19 $1,735.81 $1,297.38 $192,871.42
38 $3,033.19 $1,747.38 $1,285.81 $191,124.04
39 $3,033.19 $1,759.03 $1,274.16 $189,365.01
40 $3,033.19 $1,770.76 $1,262.43 $187,594.25
41 $3,033.19 $1,782.56 $1,250.63 $185,811.69
42 $3,033.19 $1,794.45 $1,238.74 $184,017.24
43 $3,033.19 $1,806.41 $1,226.78 $182,210.83
44 $3,033.19 $1,818.45 $1,214.74 $180,392.38
45 $3,033.19 $1,830.57 $1,202.62 $178,561.81
46 $3,033.19 $1,842.78 $1,190.41 $176,719.03
47 $3,033.19 $1,855.06 $1,178.13 $174,863.97
48 $3,033.19 $1,867.43 $1,165.76 $172,996.54
Year 4 $21,610.69 $14,787.59
49 $3,033.19 $1,879.88 $1,153.31 $171,116.66
50 $3,033.19 $1,892.41 $1,140.78 $169,224.25
51 $3,033.19 $1,905.03 $1,128.16 $167,319.22
52 $3,033.19 $1,917.73 $1,115.46 $165,401.49
53 $3,033.19 $1,930.51 $1,102.68 $163,470.98
54 $3,033.19 $1,943.38 $1,089.81 $161,527.60
55 $3,033.19 $1,956.34 $1,076.85 $159,571.26
56 $3,033.19 $1,969.38 $1,063.81 $157,601.88
57 $3,033.19 $1,982.51 $1,050.68 $155,619.37
58 $3,033.19 $1,995.73 $1,037.46 $153,623.64
59 $3,033.19 $2,009.03 $1,024.16 $151,614.61
60 $3,033.19 $2,022.43 $1,010.76 $149,592.18
Year 5 $23,404.36 $12,993.92
61 $3,033.19 $2,035.91 $997.28 $147,556.27
62 $3,033.19 $2,049.48 $983.71 $145,506.79
63 $3,033.19 $2,063.14 $970.05 $143,443.65
64 $3,033.19 $2,076.90 $956.29 $141,366.75
65 $3,033.19 $2,090.75 $942.44 $139,276.00
66 $3,033.19 $2,104.68 $928.51 $137,171.32
67 $3,033.19 $2,118.71 $914.48 $135,052.61
68 $3,033.19 $2,132.84 $900.35 $132,919.77
69 $3,033.19 $2,147.06 $886.13 $130,772.71
70 $3,033.19 $2,161.37 $871.82 $128,611.34
71 $3,033.19 $2,175.78 $857.41 $126,435.56
72 $3,033.19 $2,190.29 $842.90 $124,245.27
Year 6 $25,346.91 $11,051.37
73 $3,033.19 $2,204.89 $828.30 $122,040.38
74 $3,033.19 $2,219.59 $813.60 $119,820.79
75 $3,033.19 $2,234.38 $798.81 $117,586.41
76 $3,033.19 $2,249.28 $783.91 $115,337.13
77 $3,033.19 $2,264.28 $768.91 $113,072.85
78 $3,033.19 $2,279.37 $753.82 $110,793.48
79 $3,033.19 $2,294.57 $738.62 $108,498.91
80 $3,033.19 $2,309.86 $723.33 $106,189.05
81 $3,033.19 $2,325.26 $707.93 $103,863.79
82 $3,033.19 $2,340.76 $692.43 $101,523.03
83 $3,033.19 $2,356.37 $676.82 $99,166.66
84 $3,033.19 $2,372.08 $661.11 $96,794.58
Year 7 $27,450.69 $8,947.59
85 $3,033.19 $2,387.89 $645.30 $94,406.69
86 $3,033.19 $2,403.81 $629.38 $92,002.88
87 $3,033.19 $2,419.84 $613.35 $89,583.04
88 $3,033.19 $2,435.97 $597.22 $87,147.07
89 $3,033.19 $2,452.21 $580.98 $84,694.86
90 $3,033.19 $2,468.56 $564.63 $82,226.30
91 $3,033.19 $2,485.01 $548.18 $79,741.29
92 $3,033.19 $2,501.58 $531.61 $77,239.71
93 $3,033.19 $2,518.26 $514.93 $74,721.45
94 $3,033.19 $2,535.05 $498.14 $72,186.40
95 $3,033.19 $2,551.95 $481.24 $69,634.45
96 $3,033.19 $2,568.96 $464.23 $67,065.49
Year 8 $29,729.09 $6,669.19
97 $3,033.19 $2,586.09 $447.10 $64,479.40
98 $3,033.19 $2,603.33 $429.86 $61,876.07
99 $3,033.19 $2,620.68 $412.51 $59,255.39
100 $3,033.19 $2,638.15 $395.04 $56,617.24
101 $3,033.19 $2,655.74 $377.45 $53,961.50
102 $3,033.19 $2,673.45 $359.74 $51,288.05
103 $3,033.19 $2,691.27 $341.92 $48,596.78
104 $3,033.19 $2,709.21 $323.98 $45,887.57
105 $3,033.19 $2,727.27 $305.92 $43,160.30
106 $3,033.19 $2,745.45 $287.74 $40,414.85
107 $3,033.19 $2,763.76 $269.43 $37,651.09
108 $3,033.19 $2,782.18 $251.01 $34,868.91
Year 9 $32,196.58 $4,201.70
109 $3,033.19 $2,800.73 $232.46 $32,068.18
110 $3,033.19 $2,819.40 $213.79 $29,248.78
111 $3,033.19 $2,838.20 $194.99 $26,410.58
112 $3,033.19 $2,857.12 $176.07 $23,553.46
113 $3,033.19 $2,876.17 $157.02 $20,677.29
114 $3,033.19 $2,895.34 $137.85 $17,781.95
115 $3,033.19 $2,914.64 $118.55 $14,867.31
116 $3,033.19 $2,934.07 $99.12 $11,933.24
117 $3,033.19 $2,953.64 $79.55 $8,979.60
118 $3,033.19 $2,973.33 $59.86 $6,006.27
119 $3,033.19 $2,993.15 $40.04 $3,013.12
120 $3,033.21 $3,013.12 $20.09 $0.00
Year 10 $34,868.91 $1,529.39
Grand Total   $250,000.00 $113,982.82  

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How do you calculate principal and interest on a mortgage?

Lenders multiply your outstanding balance by your annual interest rate, but divide by 12 because you're making monthly payments. So if you owe $300,000 on your mortgage and your rate is 4%, you'll initially owe $1,000 in interest per month ($300,000 x 0.04 ÷ 12).

How is principal and interest calculated on first payment?

How to Calculate First Month's Principal Payment.
First, convert your annual interest rate from a percentage into a decimal format by diving it by 100: ... .
Next, divide this number by 12 to calculate the monthly interest rate: ... .
Now, multiple this number by the total principal..

How is interest calculated on a mortgage?

Interest on your mortgage is generally calculated monthly. Your bank will take the outstanding loan amount at the end of each month and multiply it by the interest rate that applies to your loan, then divide that amount by 12.