Finance · Mortgages & Home Finance

Interest-Only Mortgage Calculator

Compare the initial interest-only payment with the later fully amortizing payment.

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Quick guide

How to use this calculator

  1. Enter the contractual or scenario values requested by each label.
  2. Keep amounts in one currency and use the whole-period unit shown on each label.
  3. Review every result with the stated exclusions.

Calculation method

Calculation method

Interest-only payment = principal × nominal annual rate ÷ 12; the unchanged principal then amortizes over the remaining term.

The engine retains calculation precision and rejects invalid or numerically unreliable schedules.

Worked example

Scenario example

On 120,000 at 6%, the interest-only payment is 600 per month. After a 12-month interest-only period, the unchanged 120,000 amortizes over the remaining 108 months.

Interest-only payment = principal × nominal annual rate ÷ 12; the unchanged principal then amortizes over the remaining term.

Supported inputs

Precision and limits

Visible limits

Amounts are capped at 1e12, entered rates at 1000%, periods at 1,200 months or 100 years, and fixed decimals at 12 places. A derived ARM rate above 1000% is rejected.

International scope

No jurisdiction, currency, tax, insurance, index path, lender rule, or legal interpretation is assumed.

Not a quotation

Results are mathematical scenarios based only on entered terms.

Specific assumptions

The model assumes no principal payments during the interest-only period and a constant entered rate.