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Putting extra cash towards your mortgage doesn't change your payment unless you ask the lender to recast your mortgage. Unless you recast your mortgage, the extra principal payment will reduce your interest expense over the life of the loan, but it won't put extra cash in your pocket every month.

An amortization schedule is a complete table of periodic loan payments, showing the amount of principal and the amount of interest that comprise each payment until the loan is paid off at the end of its term.

1. Open Excel and select Loan Amortization Schedule from the template gallery.On the left-hand side, there are fields for Loan amount, Annual interest rate, Loan period in years, Number of payments per year, and Start date of loan.

Use the mortgage payoff calculator and see how fast you can pay off your home! That extra payment can knock eight years off a 30-year mortgage, depending on the loan's interest rate.

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).

Open Excel and click on "File" tab on the left hand side. Then click 'New' tab on the dropdown. You will see on the right all the templates available. Click on the 'Sample Templates', and you will see the 'Loan Amortization Template' there.

To calculate amortization, start by dividing the loan's interest rate by 12 to find the monthly interest rate. Then, multiply the monthly interest rate by the principal amount to find the first month's interest. Next, subtract the first month's interest from the monthly payment to find the principal payment amount.