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$600,000 Mortgage Over 20 Years
Borrowing $600,000 for 20 years sets a fixed monthly payment for the life of the loan. The calculator starts at 6 percent. Change the rate or the length to compare.
At 6 percent the monthly payment comes to $4,298.59. Over the full term, the total paid is $1,031,661.
How the payment is worked out
Think of the payment as the amount that makes all 240 future payments worth exactly $600,000 at the start with a monthly rate of 0.5 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 240.
Worked example
Take $600,000 at 6 percent over 20 years. The monthly payment is $4,298.59. In the first month $3,000.00 goes to interest and $1,298.59 goes to principal.
After 10 years you would still owe $387,189. That is 65 percent of the loan. The rest of the payments go mostly to principal.
Questions about this calculator
Is it better to put extra money toward a $600,000 mortgage over 20 years or save it elsewhere?
The calculator can only show what extra payments do. On this loan an extra $430 a month saves $77,585 of interest and ends the loan 3 years 2 months 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 20 years were one point higher?
The payment would rise from $4,298.59 to $4,651.79, which is $353.21 more each month. One point lower would give $3,959.73.
Would paying $430 extra each month shorten a $600,000 mortgage over 20 years?
Yes. On this $600,000 loan an extra $430 each month ends the loan 3 years 2 months sooner and saves $77,585 of interest.
Is 20 years the right length for a $600,000 mortgage?
It depends on the monthly payment you can carry. At 6 percent this term costs $4,298.59 a month. A 30-year term would cost $3,597.30 a month and $695,029 in interest, compared with $431,661 over 20 years.
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