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When you’re trying to figure out whether or not you’ll be able to afford your own home, there’s one free tool you won’t want to miss out on taking advantage of. It’s a morgage calculator, and you can find one online pretty easily. Just do a quick search on your favorite search engine, and you’ll find one you can either use online or download, whichever you prefer.

A mortgage calclater can help you figure out if you qualify and how much of a mortgage you can afford. It can also help you understand the impact of different loan terms. You can easily figure out how much interest you’ll end up paying with different loan lives, such as a 15 versus a 30 year loan. You can see what could happen with your variable rate loan in the worst case – and best case – scenario. You can compare how much more or less interest you will pay when only fractions of a percent of your mortgage rate change.

Another thing a mortgage payment calculator can do is show you how much of your payment will go to principle, and how much will go towards interest each time you make a payment. It’s an easy tool for figuring out how you can affect your current mortgage by paying more, too.

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