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Mortgage Calculator

Estimate your monthly mortgage payment, total interest and total repayment from home price, down payment, rate and term.

Estimate the monthly principal + interest payment and total cost of a fixed-rate mortgage.

Result

How to Use

  1. Enter the home price and how much you're putting down — leave the down payment at 0 to estimate financing the full price.
  2. Enter the annual interest rate (the rate on your loan note, not an APR that includes fees/points) you're estimating with, and the loan term in years (commonly 15 or 30).
  3. The result shows the loan amount financed, the estimated monthly principal + interest payment, total interest, and total repayment over the full term.

Formula

Loan amount
loan_amount = home_price − down_payment
Monthly rate
monthly_rate = annual interest rate ÷ 100 ÷ 12
Monthly payment
payment = loan_amount × monthly_rate ÷ (1 − (1 + monthly_rate)^−months)
Total repayment
total_repayment = payment × months
Total interest
total_interest = total_repayment − loan_amount

Worked Example

A $300,000 home with a $60,000 (20%) down payment, a 6.5% annual interest rate, 30-year term.

  1. Loan amount: $300,000 − $60,000 = $240,000
  2. Monthly rate: 6.5 ÷ 100 ÷ 12 ≈ 0.005417
  3. Monthly payment: $240,000 × 0.005417 ÷ (1 − 1.005417⁻³⁶⁰) ≈ $1,516.96
  4. Total repayment: $1,516.96 × 360 ≈ $546,106.77
  5. Total interest: $546,106.77 − $240,000 ≈ $306,106.77

Result: Loan amount financed: $240,000.00 / Estimated monthly payment (principal + interest): $1,516.96 / Total interest: $306,106.77 / Total repayment: $546,106.77

About This Tool

What this tool does

This calculator estimates the monthly principal + interest payment on a fixed-rate mortgage, along with the total interest and total amount repaid over the full loan term.

When to use it

Use it to compare how a different down payment, rate, or term changes your estimated monthly payment before you talk to a lender, or to get a rough sense of a mortgage's total cost over its life.

What the result means

The loan amount financed is the home price minus your down payment — the actual amount being borrowed. The monthly payment shown is principal and interest only.

Assumptions & limitations

The rate you enter should be the loan's annual (note) interest rate, not its APR. APR is a broader, government-mandated disclosure that folds in lender fees and points on top of the interest rate, so it's not the number your lender actually applies to the principal each month — using an APR here would overstate your real principal + interest payment. This estimate covers principal and interest only — it does NOT include property tax, homeowners insurance, private mortgage insurance (PMI, typically required with less than 20% down), or HOA fees, all of which are commonly rolled into a real monthly mortgage payment and can add a substantial amount on top of this estimate. This tool is not a loan offer, pre-qualification, or lending recommendation, and Calcoryn does not endorse or recommend any specific lender — always get an official Loan Estimate from a real lender before making a decision.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is a mortgage payment calculated?
The standard formula uses your loan amount (home price minus down payment), your monthly interest rate, and the total number of monthly payments: payment = loan amount × monthly rate ÷ (1 − (1 + monthly rate) raised to the negative number of months). This calculator applies that formula automatically.
Does this include property tax and insurance?
No — this estimates principal and interest only. Real mortgage payments (often called "PITI") typically also include property tax, homeowners insurance, and sometimes PMI or HOA fees, which vary by location and lender and can add hundreds of dollars a month on top of this estimate.
How much does a larger down payment save me?
A larger down payment reduces the loan amount you're financing, which directly lowers both your monthly payment and your total interest paid over the life of the loan — try entering a couple of different down payment amounts here to compare.
Should I enter my interest rate or my APR?
Enter the interest rate — the rate your lender applies directly to the loan balance each month. APR is a different, higher number by design: it wraps in lender fees and discount points on top of the interest rate as a standardized way to compare loan offers, but it is not the rate your monthly principal + interest payment is actually calculated from. Entering your APR here would overstate the payment this calculator estimates.