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Home buying & real estate

Rent or buy, extra mortgage payments and the cost of owning a home.

Rent vs buy

Compare buying with a mortgage or in cash against renting and investing the difference, with price growth, rent increases and returns.

Mortgage against renting and investing

Extra loan payments

How much interest you save with extra payments on any loan, by shortening the term or lowering the payment, and whether investing pays more.

Mortgage, car or personal loan

Rental property

Analyze a rental property: cap rate, cash-on-cash return, payback and IRR with vacancy, expenses, taxes, appreciation and an optional mortgage.

Cap rate, cash-on-cash and IRR

Rent increase

Work out the yearly rent increase from the lease index, the extra per month and per year, and what a counteroffer cap would save.

New rent by index, with a cap

Mortgage refinance

Compare your mortgage with a lower-rate refinance: new payment, savings after closing costs, break-even month and net result if you move.

New payment, savings and break-even

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Loan calculator

Work out the payment, total interest and true annual cost of a loan, compare repayment methods and see whether refinancing pays.

Payment, true cost and refinancing

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