- Original mortgage balance
- Total amount for your original mortgage.
- Original rate
- Annual percentage rate of your original mortgage.
- Original amortization
- The total number of years for your original mortgage.
- Number of payments made
- The total number of payments you have made on your original mortgage.
- New mortgage balance
- Total amount for your new refinanced mortgage. This amount is equal to your current balance on your original mortgage. All closing costs and prepayment penalties are assumed to be paid at the time of closing. These additional costs are not added to your new mortgage balance.
- New rate
- Annual percentage rate of your new mortgage.
- New amortization
- The total number of years for your new mortgage.
- Closing costs
- Total fees and other costs associated with the new mortgage and paid at the time of closing. This calculator assumes that all closing costs are paid with proceeds other than the new mortgage (closing costs are not added to the total for your new mortgage amount).
- Prepayment penalties
- Some mortgages require you to pay a penalty if the mortgage is paid off early. If your current mortgage has a penalty for prepayment, enter that amount here. Your prepayment penalties are assumed to be an additional cost that is paid at the time of closing.
- Break even point
- The break even point occurs when your interest savings equals your additional closing costs and prepayment penalties. If you have no closing costs or prepayment penalties, there is no break even point.
