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Refinance Calculator

See if refinancing your loan is worth it — monthly savings, break-even point, and net lifetime interest.

Your Current Loan

What you still owe today

Time remaining until payoff

The Refinanced Loan

Typically 2–5% of the balance — about $5,000–$12,500 here. Covers origination, appraisal & title.

New Loan Term

⚠️ A 30-year term is longer than the 28 years left on your current loan — a lower monthly payment here can still mean more interest overall.

How long before you'd sell or pay it off

Monthly Saving

$279.55

$1,699.02 now → $1,419.47 refinanced

You break even after 15 months. Keep the loan past that and refinancing saves you a net $55,861 over its lifetime.

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You plan to keep this loan 7 years (84 months) — comfortably past the 15-month break-even, so the refinance pays off for you.

ℹ️Your loan extends by 2 years — that's 24 extra monthly payments of $1,419.47. Turn on Match remaining term above to refinance without extending the payoff.

💡Mortgage interest may be tax-deductible if you itemize, so your actual after-tax savings could be higher than shown. Estimate your tax situation →

Break-Even Point

15 mo

To recoup closing costs from monthly savings

Net Lifetime Saving

$55,861

Interest saved, after closing costs

Interest — Current Loan

$320,871

Remaining over 28 years

Interest — Refinanced

$261,010

Over the new 30-year term

Current vs Refinanced

Current LoanRefinanced Loan
Interest rate7%5.5%
Term28 years30 years
Monthly payment$1,699.02$1,419.47
Interest to payoff$320,871$261,010
Closing costs$4,000

Total Cost Over Time

Everything paid so far on each loan. The refinanced line begins at the $4,000 closing costs — where it crosses below the current loan is your break-even.

Year-by-Year Comparison

YearCurrent LoanRefinanced Loan
InterestPrincipalBalanceInterestPrincipalBalance
1$17,406$2,983$247,017$13,666$3,368$246,632
2$17,190$3,198$243,819$13,476$3,558$243,075
3$16,959$3,430$240,389$13,275$3,758$239,316
4$16,711$3,678$236,712$13,063$3,970$235,346
5$16,445$3,943$232,768$12,839$4,194$231,152
6$16,160$4,228$228,540$12,603$4,431$226,721
7$15,854$4,534$224,006$12,353$4,681$222,040
8$15,526$4,862$219,144$12,089$4,945$217,095
9$15,175$5,213$213,931$11,810$5,224$211,871
10$14,798$5,590$208,341$11,515$5,519$206,352
11$14,394$5,994$202,346$11,204$5,830$200,523
12$13,961$6,428$195,919$10,875$6,159$194,364
13$13,496$6,892$189,026$10,528$6,506$187,858
14$12,998$7,391$181,636$10,161$6,873$180,985
15$12,463$7,925$173,711$9,773$7,261$173,724
16$11,891$8,498$165,213$9,363$7,670$166,054
17$11,276$9,112$156,101$8,931$8,103$157,951
18$10,618$9,771$146,331$8,474$8,560$149,391
19$9,911$10,477$135,854$7,991$9,043$140,348
20$9,154$11,234$124,619$7,481$9,553$130,795
21$8,342$12,047$112,573$6,942$10,092$120,703
22$7,471$12,917$99,655$6,373$10,661$110,042
23$6,537$13,851$85,804$5,771$11,262$98,780
24$5,536$14,852$70,951$5,136$11,898$86,882
25$4,462$15,926$55,025$4,465$12,569$74,313
26$3,311$17,077$37,948$3,756$13,278$61,036
27$2,076$18,312$19,636$3,007$14,027$47,009
28$752$19,636$0$2,216$14,818$32,191
29$1,380$15,654$16,537
30$497$16,537$0

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