Save Big on Your Mortgage

Making consistent additional payments toward your loan principal will provide singificant savings. Borrowers use different methods to meet this goal. For many people,Perhaps the easiest way to keep track is by making 1 additional payment per year. If you can't afford to pay an additional whole payment in one month, you can split that large amount into 12 smaller payments and write a check for that additional amount monthly. Another option is to pay a half payment every two weeks. The effect here is that you will make one extra monthly payment every year. These options differ slightly in lowering the final payback amount and reducing payback length, but each will significantly reduce the duration of your mortgage and lower the total interest paid over the duration of the loan.

Lump Sum Extra Payment

Some borrowers just can't make any extra payments. But remember that most mortgage contracts will allow you to make additional principal payments at any time. You can take advantage of this rule to pay down your mortgage principal any time you get some extra money.

If, for example, you receive a surprise windfall three years into your mortgage, you could apply a portion of this windfall toward your loan principal, resulting in significant savings and a shorter payback period. Unless the loan is quite large, even a few thousand dollars applied early can produce huge benefits over the life of the loan.

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