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What it covers, and what it deliberately does not
- Price and deposit, not just the loan amount. You usually know the price of the property and what you have saved; the amount borrowed is what falls out of those two.
- The total interest is shown up front. On a long loan it is frequently comparable to the amount borrowed, which is the figure that changes how people think about the term.
- Any currency. The payment is formatted in euros, dollars, pounds, francs or Canadian dollars — the arithmetic of a loan does not change with the currency.
- No taxes, insurance or fees. This is the loan repayment only. Property tax, building insurance, mortgage insurance and notary or closing fees vary by country and sometimes by street, and a calculator that guessed at them would mislead more than it helped.
- No affordability opinion. It tells you what a loan costs. Whether you should take it is not something a web page is in a position to judge.
Reading the result
Compare the total interest across two terms before choosing one. Shortening a 25-year loan to 20 raises the monthly payment by less than most people expect and cuts the total interest by a great deal more — the schedule below shows exactly how much.