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You can ask your lender for an amortization schedule, but this might not be as helpful if you're looking to see how extra payments could impact that schedule.
User-friendliness: Excel is relatively user-friendly, so making an amortization schedule within the Excel program is fairly easy to do. Because of this, virtually anyone can create one of these schedules for their own business or personal financial purposes.
However, your lender may only give you your payment schedule, which, as we talked about before, doesn't break down how much of your payment goes towards principal, and how much goes toward interest. If an amortization schedule is not provided to you, you can ask them for one.
The Rule of 78 weights the earlier payments with more interest than the later payments. In 12 equal installments, interest is allocated as follows: 12/78 of the interest is considered earned in the first month, 11/78 in the second, 10/78 in the third, and so on.
Example of Amortization In the first month, $75 of the $664.03 monthly payment goes to interest. The remaining $589.03 goes toward the principal. The total payment stays the same each month, while the portion going to principal increases and the portion going to interest decreases.
Fortunately, Excel can be used to create an amortization schedule. The amortization schedule template below can be used for a variable number of periods, as well as extra payments and variable interest rates.
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.
Fortunately, Excel can be used to create an amortization schedule. The amortization schedule template below can be used for a variable number of periods, as well as extra payments and variable interest rates.