Choosing a Mortgage: Components of a Mortgage Payment


When you obtain a mortgage to buy your home, you will generally pay off your mortgage debt with monthly mortgage payments. Your monthly payment will reflect the following costs:

Principal: The initial amount of money borrowed to buy your house. (This does not include the interest you will pay to borrow that money.) The principal balance (sometimes called the outstanding or unpaid principal balance) is the amount owed on the loan at any given time. It is the original loan amount minus the total repayments of principal you have made to date.

Interest: The cost you pay to borrow money. It is the payment you make to a lender for the money it has lent to you. Interest is usually expressed as a percentage of the amount borrowed.

Taxes: 1/12th of the estimated annual real estate taxes on the home that is purchased.

Insurance: 1/12th of the annual homeowner’s insurance premium. Private or government insurance on a mortgage is almost always required by the lender if your down payment is less than 20%.

You’ll most likely pay the taxes and insurance along with the principal and interest to the lender each month। In some cases, however, the lender may allow you the option to pay the taxes and insurance separately.

If your lender requires you to pay the taxes and insurance as part of your mortgage payment, the lender will open an escrow account, as we described earlier, to hold this money until payments are due.

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