Mortgage Calculator: Which One to Choose?

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There are so many mortgage calculators on the Internet nowadays. They come in all shapes and sizes – how do you know which to choose?

Which mortgage calculator you choose really depends on what you are looking for or what you want to know.
• If you simply need to know how much you can borrow, or whether you can afford the payments on the property you fancy, choose the simplest type of mortgage calculator. You can find these on many lenders’ sites. You don’t need to be a techie to use one of these! It will guide you through all the steps you need to take and do the hard work for you. You can put in your income, and it will tell you how much you can borrow. Or you can put in the amount you would need to borrow in order to get the house you have set your heart on. It will tell you how much the repayments would be at the current rate.
• If these facts are all you need to know, fine. But this level of information doesn’t really tell the whole story. You may be anxious to know whether you can afford the entire costs of house purchase. In this case you can shop around for a more sophisticated type of mortgage calculator. Choose one that allows you to factor in additional costs such as mortgage fees, survey fees, stamp duty and insurance.
• Perhaps your main requirement is for help in working out your household budget. There is one kind of mortgage calculator that enables you to figure out how much of your monthly payment consists of interest and how much is capital repayment. You can use this to work out a monthly payment amount that will help you stick to your budget.
• When you have an endowment mortgage, one big source of anxiety is wondering whether the endowment policy will grow to an amount that will cover your mortgage loan. If this is your situation, you can find a particular type of mortgage calculator which will help you keep an eye on the growth of your policy and estimate whether there will be any shortfall. If it does turn out that there may be a shortfall, this gives you plenty of warning.and enables you to decide what to do about it.
The large variety of mortgage calculators on the Internet may seem confusing for you. The best thing is to type what you need – e.g. “endowment mortgage calculator” into a search engine and this will help you find the one which provides the specific information you need.

About the Author

Sean Horton is a Director of Enhanced Wealth Limited who are a specialist mortgage broker with an online mortgage calculator

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