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Understanding Amortization First, amortization is used in the process of paying off debt through regular principal and interest payments over time. An amortization schedule is used to reduce the current balance on a loanfor example, a mortgage or a car loanthrough installment payments.

Amortization simply refers to the amount of principal and interest paid each month over the course of your loan term.With an ARM, principal and interest amounts change at the end of the loan's teaser period. Each time the principal and interest adjust, the loan is re-amortized to be paid off at the end of the term.

It's relatively easy to produce a loan amortization schedule if you know what the monthly payment on the loan is. Starting in month one, take the total amount of the loan and multiply it by the interest rate on the loan. Then for a loan with monthly repayments, divide the result by 12 to get your monthly interest.

Multiply the number of years in your loan term by 12 (the number of months in a year) to get the number of payments for your loan. For example, a 30-year fixed mortgage would have 360 payments (30x12=360).

Amortization Calculation You'll need to divide your annual interest rate by 12. For example, if your annual interest rate is 3%, then your monthly interest rate will be 0.0025% (0.03 annual interest rate ÷ 12 months). You'll also multiply the number of years in your loan term by 12.

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 (make sure your lender processes the payment this way).

How to make a loan amortization schedule with extra payments in ExcelDefine input cells. As usual, begin with setting up the input cells.Calculate a scheduled payment.Set up the amortization table.Build formulas for amortization schedule with extra payments.Hide extra periods.Make a loan summary.May 8, 2019