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$600,000 Mortgage Over 15 Years

Borrowing $600,000 for 15 years sets a fixed monthly payment for the life of the loan. The calculator starts at 5.5 percent. Change the rate or the length to compare.

At 5.5 percent the monthly payment comes to $4,902.50. Over the full term, the total paid is $882,450.

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years
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Monthly payment
$4,902.50
Total interest
$282,450
Total paid
$882,450
Year by year
YearPrincipal paidInterest paidBalance left
1$26,491$32,339$573,509
2$27,986$30,845$545,523
3$29,564$29,266$515,959
4$31,232$27,598$484,727
5$32,993$25,837$451,734
6$34,855$23,975$416,879
7$36,821$22,009$380,059
8$38,898$19,932$341,161
9$41,092$17,738$300,069
10$43,410$15,420$256,660
11$45,858$12,972$210,802
12$48,445$10,385$162,356
13$51,178$7,652$111,179
14$54,065$4,765$57,114
15$57,114$1,716$0
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How the payment is worked out

Think of the payment as the amount that makes all 180 future payments worth exactly $600,000 at the start with a monthly rate of 0.4583 percent. Written out it is the loan times the monthly rate, divided by one minus one over one plus the monthly rate, raised to the power of 180.

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Worked example

Run the numbers for a $600,000 mortgage at 5.5 percent over 15 years. The payment is $4,902.50. Of the first payment, $2,750.00 is interest.

The total paid is $882,450. Interest is $282,450 of that. That works out to 47 cents for each dollar borrowed.

Questions about this calculator

Is 15 years the right length for a $600,000 mortgage?

It depends on the monthly payment you can carry. At 5.5 percent this term costs $4,902.50 a month. A 30-year term would cost $3,406.73 a month and $626,424 in interest, compared with $282,450 over 15 years.

Does the $4,902.50 payment cover property tax and insurance?

No. The $4,902.50 covers principal and interest only. Tax, insurance and any mortgage insurance would sit on top of it.

Is it better to put extra money toward a $600,000 mortgage over 15 years or save it elsewhere?

The calculator can only show what extra payments do. On this loan an extra $490 a month saves $41,318 of interest and ends the loan 2 years sooner. Whether that beats saving or investing the money depends on your other goals and on what you could earn elsewhere.

What if the rate on a $600,000 mortgage over 15 years were one point higher?

The payment would rise from $4,902.50 to $5,226.64, which is $324.14 more each month. One point lower would give $4,589.96.

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