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Assess Your Loan with a Mortgage Calculator

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If you have borrowed money to purchase a property a few years back, and you have been paying on time, in other words you have been an outstanding customer, which in monetary terms means a good credit score and hence a lower interest rate, then it’s time to explore your options.  Plug in the numbers of your current mortgage loan in to the mortgage calculator and let it generate an amortization schedule with your loan details and use this as your base.  You can now use the calculator again except drop the interest rate maybe by 1% and see the difference.  If you know for sure that interest rates are currently lower than your interest rate, then you can plug in an mortgage calculators interest rate that is lower than the market and compare that one with your current loan.  You will find that by changing the interest rate your overall interest payment will drop.  You can try out different scenarios and find out your best option and hence negotiate with your mortgage financer.