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Get instant insights on your loan payments and plan your future with confidence. Compare Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, and Jumbo side by side — then print a PDF-ready report.

Your Monthly Payment

$1,912 / mo*

  • Principal & Interest: $1,437
  • Taxes & Insurance: $475

*Sample at $400K · 20% down · 3.5% · 30-yr. Not a quote.

Amortization breakdown

Year by year

Early years are mostly interest; later years mostly principal. Updates with every calculator change.

YearPrincipalInterestPMIBalanceEquity
1$3,711$22,414$1,700$336,289$63,711
2$3,964$22,160$1,700$332,324$67,676
3$4,235$21,889$1,700$328,089$71,911
4$4,525$21,600$1,700$323,565$76,435
5$4,834$21,291$1,133$318,731$81,269
6$5,164$20,961$313,567$86,433
7$5,516$20,608$308,051$91,949
8$5,893$20,232$302,158$97,842
9$6,296$19,829$295,862$104,138
10$6,726$19,399$289,137$110,863
11$7,185$18,940$281,952$118,048
12$7,676$18,449$274,276$125,724
13$8,200$17,925$266,076$133,924
14$8,760$17,365$257,316$142,684
15$9,358$16,766$247,958$152,042
16$9,997$16,127$237,961$162,039
17$10,680$15,444$227,281$172,719
18$11,410$14,715$215,871$184,129
19$12,189$13,936$203,682$196,318
20$13,021$13,103$190,661$209,339
21$13,911$12,214$176,750$223,250
22$14,861$11,264$161,889$238,111
23$15,876$10,249$146,013$253,987
24$16,960$9,165$129,053$270,947
25$18,119$8,006$110,934$289,066
26$19,356$6,769$91,578$308,422
27$20,678$5,447$70,900$329,100
28$22,090$4,034$48,810$351,190
29$23,599$2,526$25,211$374,789
30$25,211$914$0$400,000

FAQs & guide

Read the loan like a lender

Core building blocks behind every payment estimate on this site.

  1. 01

    Principal & interest

    The core of every payment. Principal pays down what you borrowed; interest is what the lender charges for it. Early payments are mostly interest — the balance barely moves for the first years of a long loan.

  2. 02

    Taxes & insurance

    Most lenders collect property tax and homeowner’s insurance monthly into escrow, then pay the bills for you. They can add 20–30% on top of principal and interest, so never budget from the loan payment alone.

  3. 03

    PMI below 20% down

    Put less than 20% down and most conventional loans add private mortgage insurance — typically 0.3–1.5% of the loan per year. The good news: it drops off once your balance falls to about 80% of the home’s value.

  4. 04

    The term trade-off

    A 15-year loan raises the monthly payment but can cut lifetime interest by more than half compared with 30 years. The right term is the one whose payment you can carry comfortably in a bad month, not just a good one.

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