Simple Ways to Save on Your Mortgage

Making regular extra payments toward the principal can yield enormous savings. Borrowers can pay more on principal by employing various techniques. Making one extra full payment one time per year is perhaps the simplest to arrange. However, many folks will not be able to afford such a large additional payment, so splitting a single additional payment into twelve extra monthly payments is a great option too. Finally, you can commit to paying half of your mortgage payment every other week. These options differ slightly in reducing the total interest paid and shortening payback length, but they will all significantly reduce the length of your mortgage and lower your total interest paid.

Additional One-time payment

It may not be possible for you to pay more every month or even every year. But you should remember that most mortgages will allow you to make additional principal payments at any time. You can take advantage of this provision to pay extra on your principal when you come into extra money.

If, for example, you receive a large gift or tax refund just a few years into your mortgage, investing several thousand dollars into your mortgage principal can reduce the period of your loan and save enormously on mortgage interest over the life of the mortgage loan. For most loans, even this relatively modest amount, paid early in the loan period, could offer big savings in interest and in the length of the loan.

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