About Your Pre-Payment Privileges

Definition: The ability to prepay all or a portion of the principal balance with NO penalty or charge, subject to conditions (no default, subject to lenders terms) Options: Increase Regular Payment: There are often a number of options available all ranging from 0% to 25%+: Increase your regular mortgage payment by a certain % of…

About your Amortization

The time over which all regular payments would pay off the mortgage in full. The number of payments used to calculate the actual mortgage payment. This determines the principal and interest portion of each payment. The interest portion is higher to start with and slowly decreases over time, although the payment (on a fixed term) remains the same