Loan Amortization Schedule In Excel With Extra Payments In Bexar
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Even a single extra payment made each year can reduce the amount of interest and shorten the amortization, as long as the payment goes toward the principal and not the interest. Just make sure your lender processes the payment this way.
=PMT(1.5%/12,312,0,8500) The rate argument is 1.5% divided by 12, the number of months in a year. The NPER argument is 312 for twelve monthly payments over three years. The PV (present value) is 0 because the account is starting from zero.
If you prepay your mortgage you reduce the principal balance, reducing the interest due next month and every month forward. If you prepay $1000 on your mortgage, the interest next month will be reduced by 10003.7%/12=3.08 You will still make the same payment, but an additional 3.083 will be credited toward principal.
Even a single extra payment made each year can reduce the amount of interest and shorten the amortization, as long as the payment goes toward the principal and not the interest. Just make sure your lender processes the payment this way.
