Loan Prepayment Calculator

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Loan Prepayment Calculator

Your Prepayment Savings

Understanding Loan Prepayment

Making extra payments on your loan, often referred to as loan prepayment or extra payments, is a powerful strategy to save money on interest and reduce the overall time you spend paying off debt. This calculator helps you visualize the financial benefits of prepaying your loan by comparing the total interest paid and the loan duration with and without additional payments.

How it Works: The Math Behind the Savings

Loans typically amortize, meaning each monthly payment consists of a portion that goes towards interest and a portion that reduces the principal balance. When you make an extra payment, that additional amount goes directly towards reducing the principal balance. This has a compounding effect:

  • Reduced Principal: A lower principal balance means less money to accrue interest on in subsequent periods.
  • Less Interest Paid Over Time: By reducing the principal faster, you pay less interest over the life of the loan.
  • Shorter Loan Term: Accelerating principal reduction also means you'll pay off the loan sooner.

The calculations performed by this calculator are based on standard loan amortization formulas.

Key Calculations:

First, we calculate the standard monthly payment using the loan amount, interest rate, and loan term. The formula for the monthly payment (M) is:
M = P [ i(1 + i)^n ] / [ (1 + i)^n – 1]
Where:

  • P = Principal Loan Amount
  • i = Monthly Interest Rate (Annual Rate / 12)
  • n = Total Number of Payments (Loan Term in Months)

Then, we simulate the loan amortization month-by-month, first without any extra payments to determine the total interest paid.

Next, we simulate the amortization again, but this time including the extra monthly payment. The calculator iteratively reduces the principal by the total payment (standard monthly payment + extra prepayment) and calculates the interest for that month based on the remaining balance. This process continues until the loan balance reaches zero.

The difference between the total interest paid in the standard scenario and the total interest paid with prepayments reveals the total interest saved. The reduction in the number of months required to pay off the loan is also calculated.

When to Use This Calculator:

This calculator is beneficial for anyone with a fixed-rate loan, such as:

  • Mortgages: Paying extra on your home loan can save tens of thousands of dollars in interest and shave years off your 30-year mortgage.
  • Auto Loans: Accelerating payments on your car loan can help you own your vehicle free and clear sooner.
  • Personal Loans: Reducing the principal on personal loans can decrease your overall debt burden and improve your financial health.
  • Student Loans: While some student loans have specific prepayment rules, making extra payments can significantly reduce the long-term cost.

By inputting your loan details and the amount you can afford to pay extra each month, you can quantify the exact financial advantage of accelerating your loan repayment.

function calculatePrepayment() { var principal = parseFloat(document.getElementById('loanAmount').value); var annualRate = parseFloat(document.getElementById('interestRate').value); var termMonths = parseInt(document.getElementById('loanTerm').value); var extraPayment = parseFloat(document.getElementById('prepaymentAmount').value); // Input validation if (isNaN(principal) || principal <= 0 || isNaN(annualRate) || annualRate < 0 || isNaN(termMonths) || termMonths <= 0 || isNaN(extraPayment) || extraPayment 0 if (termMonths > 0) { originalMonthlyPayment = principal * (monthlyRate * Math.pow(1 + monthlyRate, termMonths)) / (Math.pow(1 + monthlyRate, termMonths) – 1); var tempBalance = principal; var tempTotalInterest = 0; for (var i = 0; i tempBalance) { principalPayment = tempBalance; interestPayment = 0; } tempTotalInterest += interestPayment; tempBalance -= principalPayment; if (tempBalance < 0.01) tempBalance = 0; // Handle floating point inaccuracies } originalTotalInterest = tempTotalInterest; } else { // If term is 0, assume no payments needed or invalid input scenario covered by validation originalMonthlyPayment = 0; originalTotalInterest = 0; } // — Calculate New Loan Payments and Total Interest with Prepayment — var newTotalInterest = 0; var newBalance = principal; var currentMonth = 0; var totalPayment = originalMonthlyPayment + extraPayment; // Ensure total payment is at least the interest due to avoid infinite loops if extra payment is too small if (totalPayment 0) { totalPayment = newBalance * monthlyRate + 0.01; // Ensure at least a minimal principal payment } while (newBalance > 0.01) { currentMonth++; var interestPayment = newBalance * monthlyRate; var principalPayment = totalPayment – interestPayment; // If principal payment would exceed balance, pay off the remainder if (principalPayment > newBalance) { principalPayment = newBalance; interestPayment = 0; // No more interest accrues if balance is paid off } newTotalInterest += interestPayment; newBalance -= principalPayment; if (newBalance termMonths * 5 && termMonths > 0) { // Arbitrary safety limit alert("Calculation could not complete. Please check your input values, especially the extra payment amount."); return; } } var newTermMonths = currentMonth; // — Display Results — document.getElementById('originalTotalInterest').innerText = "Original Total Interest: $" + originalTotalInterest.toFixed(2); document.getElementById('newTotalInterest').innerText = "New Total Interest: $" + newTotalInterest.toFixed(2); var interestSaved = originalTotalInterest – newTotalInterest; document.getElementById('interestSaved').innerText = "Total Interest Saved: $" + interestSaved.toFixed(2); var timeSaved = termMonths – newTermMonths; document.getElementById('timeSavedMonths').innerText = "Time Saved: " + Math.max(0, timeSaved) + " months"; // Ensure not negative var displayInterestSaved = interestSaved > 0 ? interestSaved : 0; document.getElementById('totalInterestSavedDisplay').innerText = "You'll save $" + displayInterestSaved.toFixed(2) + "!"; }

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