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Compare your current loan with a refinance: new payment, monthly savings, interest and when the costs pay back.

Change the values and press Calculate to work out your own figures.

Enter the current loan and the new loan's term, rate and costs.

About balanceWhat you owe now.
About monthly paymentPaid each month.
About current rate, %Of your loan now.
About new term, yearsOf the new loan.
About new rate, %Of the new loan.
About currencyChanges how amounts are shown, not the math; your choice is remembered on this device.
About points, % (optional)Paid up front; 1 point is 1% of the loan.
About closing costs (optional)Paid up front.
About cash out (optional)Added to the new loan.
Result
New payment
$1,791.08
Monthly saving
$8.92
Current loan
23 years 10 months left, $264,250.20 interest
New loan
20 years, $179,858.16 interest
Up-front cost
$6,500.00
Costs paid back in
60 years 9 months

The new payment is $1,791.08, $8.92 less a month.

Show the working
  1. new payment = (balance + cash out) × i ÷ (1 − (1 + i)^−n)
  2. break-even = up-front costs ÷ monthly saving

How to use it

Enter the current loan and the new loan's term, rate and costs.

Enter amounts without commas or with them; rates are percentages (5 for 5%). Negative amounts are allowed where a sign means money paid out.

Key facts

new payment = (balance + cash out) × i ÷ (1 − (1 + i)^−n)
break-even = up-front costs ÷ monthly saving

Questions

What would refinancing $250,000 into a 20-year loan at 6% cost a month?

$1,791.08.

Formulas

new payment = (balance + cash out) × i ÷ (1 − (1 + i)^−n)
break-even = up-front costs ÷ monthly saving

Sources

Limitations

  • Results are estimates for planning, not offers or financial advice; lenders and banks may round, count days or time payments differently.
  • Rates are nominal annual rates compounded as you choose; payments at a different frequency use the equivalent periodic rate.

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