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Q: What will be the effect of paying my mortgage principal down? ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   3 Comments )
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Subject: What will be the effect of paying my mortgage principal down?
Category: Business and Money > Finance
Asked by: gisgirl-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 05 Aug 2005 21:34 PDT
Expires: 04 Sep 2005 21:34 PDT
Question ID: 552316
We currently owe $160,000 on our house. We pay $1200 a month mortgage
plus taxes. [5.99%] We have the option of paying more, of course, in
order to pay down the principal. If we pay $200 more a month for 10
years, what are the advantages. We our primarily hoping to get
payments lower to be able to afford them with retirement money - which
will be less than our present income.
I would like to know how much we would owe on the debt in 10 yrs if we
add that $200 and what we will owe if not. Also, could it reduce
future payment in that amount of time?
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Subject: Re: What will be the effect of paying my mortgage principal down?
Answered By: richard-ga on 06 Aug 2005 05:26 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello and thank you for your question.

I did two sets of calculations on Excel which I will print out below.
In each line you will see the payment number, then interest paid
(which is 5.99$/12 times the principal balance), then principal
reduced (which is the payment made minus the interest paid, then total
paid, then principal balance.

If you only pay 1,200 per month, you have 220 payments (18.33 years) to go.

If you pay 1,400 per month for 120 payments, then 1,200 for the rest,
you will have made 180 payments altogether (15 years), that is, 10
years of 1,400 per month and 5 years of 1,200 per month.

Google Answers doesn't always do a good job of presenting
copied-and-pasted material--if it comes out as a big jumble I'll post
an Answer Clarification to tell you how to read it--here goes:

Without the extra payment:
1	 798.67 	    401.33 	 1,200.00 	 159,598.67 
2	 796.66 	    403.34 	 1,200.00 	 159,195.33 
3	 794.65 	    405.35 	 1,200.00 	 158,789.98 
4	 792.63 	    407.37 	 1,200.00 	 158,382.61 
5	 790.59 	    409.41 	 1,200.00 	 157,973.20 
6	 788.55 	    411.45 	 1,200.00 	 157,561.75 
7	 786.50 	    413.50 	 1,200.00 	 157,148.25 
8	 784.43 	    415.57 	 1,200.00 	 156,732.68 
9	 782.36 	    417.64 	 1,200.00 	 156,315.03 
10	 780.27 	    419.73 	 1,200.00 	 155,895.31 
11	 778.18 	    421.82 	 1,200.00 	 155,473.48 
12	 776.07 	    423.93 	 1,200.00 	 155,049.56 
13	 773.96 	    426.04 	 1,200.00 	 154,623.51 
14	 771.83 	    428.17 	 1,200.00 	 154,195.34 
15	 769.69 	    430.31 	 1,200.00 	 153,765.03 
16	 767.54 	    432.46 	 1,200.00 	 153,332.58 
17	 765.39 	    434.61 	 1,200.00 	 152,897.96 
18	 763.22 	    436.78 	 1,200.00 	 152,461.18 
19	 761.04 	    438.96 	 1,200.00 	 152,022.21 
20	 758.84 	    441.16 	 1,200.00 	 151,581.06 
21	 756.64 	    443.36 	 1,200.00 	 151,137.70 
22	 754.43 	    445.57 	 1,200.00 	 150,692.13 
23	 752.20 	    447.80 	 1,200.00 	 150,244.33 
24	 749.97 	    450.03 	 1,200.00 	 149,794.30 
25	 747.72 	    452.28 	 1,200.00 	 149,342.03 
26	 745.47 	    454.53 	 1,200.00 	 148,887.49 
27	 743.20 	    456.80 	 1,200.00 	 148,430.69 
28	 740.92 	    459.08 	 1,200.00 	 147,971.60 
29	 738.62 	    461.38 	 1,200.00 	 147,510.23 
30	 736.32 	    463.68 	 1,200.00 	 147,046.55 
31	 734.01 	    465.99 	 1,200.00 	 146,580.56 
32	 731.68 	    468.32 	 1,200.00 	 146,112.24 
33	 729.34 	    470.66 	 1,200.00 	 145,641.58 
34	 726.99 	    473.01 	 1,200.00 	 145,168.58 
35	 724.63 	    475.37 	 1,200.00 	 144,693.21 
36	 722.26 	    477.74 	 1,200.00 	 144,215.47 
37	 719.88 	    480.12 	 1,200.00 	 143,735.35 
38	 717.48 	    482.52 	 1,200.00 	 143,252.83 
39	 715.07 	    484.93 	 1,200.00 	 142,767.90 
40	 712.65 	    487.35 	 1,200.00 	 142,280.55 
41	 710.22 	    489.78 	 1,200.00 	 141,790.76 
42	 707.77 	    492.23 	 1,200.00 	 141,298.53 
43	 705.32 	    494.68 	 1,200.00 	 140,803.85 
44	 702.85 	    497.15 	 1,200.00 	 140,306.70 
45	 700.36 	    499.64 	 1,200.00 	 139,807.06 
46	 697.87 	    502.13 	 1,200.00 	 139,304.93 
47	 695.36 	    504.64 	 1,200.00 	 138,800.29 
48	 692.84 	    507.16 	 1,200.00 	 138,293.14 
49	 690.31 	    509.69 	 1,200.00 	 137,783.45 
50	 687.77 	    512.23 	 1,200.00 	 137,271.22 
51	 685.21 	    514.79 	 1,200.00 	 136,756.43 
52	 682.64 	    517.36 	 1,200.00 	 136,239.08 
53	 680.06 	    519.94 	 1,200.00 	 135,719.14 
54	 677.46 	    522.54 	 1,200.00 	 135,196.60 
55	 674.86 	    525.14 	 1,200.00 	 134,671.46 
56	 672.24 	    527.76 	 1,200.00 	 134,143.69 
57	 669.60 	    530.40 	 1,200.00 	 133,613.29 
58	 666.95 	    533.05 	 1,200.00 	 133,080.25 
59	 664.29 	    535.71 	 1,200.00 	 132,544.54 
60	 661.62 	    538.38 	 1,200.00 	 132,006.16 
61	 658.93 	    541.07 	 1,200.00 	 131,465.09 
62	 656.23 	    543.77 	 1,200.00 	 130,921.32 
63	 653.52 	    546.48 	 1,200.00 	 130,374.83 
64	 650.79 	    549.21 	 1,200.00 	 129,825.62 
65	 648.05 	    551.95 	 1,200.00 	 129,273.67 
66	 645.29 	    554.71 	 1,200.00 	 128,718.96 
67	 642.52 	    557.48 	 1,200.00 	 128,161.48 
68	 639.74 	    560.26 	 1,200.00 	 127,601.22 
69	 636.94 	    563.06 	 1,200.00 	 127,038.16 
70	 634.13 	    565.87 	 1,200.00 	 126,472.29 
71	 631.31 	    568.69 	 1,200.00 	 125,903.60 
72	 628.47 	    571.53 	 1,200.00 	 125,332.07 
73	 625.62 	    574.38 	 1,200.00 	 124,757.69 
74	 622.75 	    577.25 	 1,200.00 	 124,180.43 
75	 619.87 	    580.13 	 1,200.00 	 123,600.30 
76	 616.97 	    583.03 	 1,200.00 	 123,017.27 
77	 614.06 	    585.94 	 1,200.00 	 122,431.33 
78	 611.14 	    588.86 	 1,200.00 	 121,842.47 
79	 608.20 	    591.80 	 1,200.00 	 121,250.67 
80	 605.24 	    594.76 	 1,200.00 	 120,655.91 
81	 602.27 	    597.73 	 1,200.00 	 120,058.19 
82	 599.29 	    600.71 	 1,200.00 	 119,457.48 
83	 596.29 	    603.71 	 1,200.00 	 118,853.77 
84	 593.28 	    606.72 	 1,200.00 	 118,247.05 
85	 590.25 	    609.75 	 1,200.00 	 117,637.30 
86	 587.21 	    612.79 	 1,200.00 	 117,024.50 
87	 584.15 	    615.85 	 1,200.00 	 116,408.65 
88	 581.07 	    618.93 	 1,200.00 	 115,789.72 
89	 577.98 	    622.02 	 1,200.00 	 115,167.71 
90	 574.88 	    625.12 	 1,200.00 	 114,542.58 
91	 571.76 	    628.24 	 1,200.00 	 113,914.34 
92	 568.62 	    631.38 	 1,200.00 	 113,282.97 
93	 565.47 	    634.53 	 1,200.00 	 112,648.44 
94	 562.30 	    637.70 	 1,200.00 	 112,010.74 
95	 559.12 	    640.88 	 1,200.00 	 111,369.86 
96	 555.92 	    644.08 	 1,200.00 	 110,725.78 
97	 552.71 	    647.29 	 1,200.00 	 110,078.49 
98	 549.48 	    650.52 	 1,200.00 	 109,427.96 
99	 546.23 	    653.77 	 1,200.00 	 108,774.19 
100	 542.96 	    657.04 	 1,200.00 	 108,117.16 
101	 539.68 	    660.32 	 1,200.00 	 107,456.84 
102	 536.39 	    663.61 	 1,200.00 	 106,793.23 
103	 533.08 	    666.92 	 1,200.00 	 106,126.30 
104	 529.75 	    670.25 	 1,200.00 	 105,456.05 
105	 526.40 	    673.60 	 1,200.00 	 104,782.45 
106	 523.04 	    676.96 	 1,200.00 	 104,105.49 
107	 519.66 	    680.34 	 1,200.00 	 103,425.15 
108	 516.26 	    683.74 	 1,200.00 	 102,741.42 
109	 512.85 	    687.15 	 1,200.00 	 102,054.27 
110	 509.42 	    690.58 	 1,200.00 	 101,363.69 
111	 505.97 	    694.03 	 1,200.00 	 100,669.66 
112	 502.51 	    697.49 	 1,200.00 	   99,972.17 
113	 499.03 	    700.97 	 1,200.00 	   99,271.20 
114	 495.53 	    704.47 	 1,200.00 	   98,566.73 
115	 492.01 	    707.99 	 1,200.00 	   97,858.74 
116	 488.48 	    711.52 	 1,200.00 	   97,147.22 
117	 484.93 	    715.07 	 1,200.00 	   96,432.14 
118	 481.36 	    718.64 	 1,200.00 	   95,713.50 
119	 477.77 	    722.23 	 1,200.00 	   94,991.27 
120	 474.16 	    725.84 	 1,200.00 	   94,265.44 
121	 470.54 	    729.46 	 1,200.00 	   93,535.98 
122	 466.90 	    733.10 	 1,200.00 	   92,802.88 
123	 463.24 	    736.76 	 1,200.00 	   92,066.12 
124	 459.56 	    740.44 	 1,200.00 	   91,325.68 
125	 455.87 	    744.13 	 1,200.00 	   90,581.55 
126	 452.15 	    747.85 	 1,200.00 	   89,833.70 
127	 448.42 	    751.58 	 1,200.00 	   89,082.12 
128	 444.67 	    755.33 	 1,200.00 	   88,326.79 
129	 440.90 	    759.10 	 1,200.00 	   87,567.69 
130	 437.11 	    762.89 	 1,200.00 	   86,804.80 
131	 433.30 	    766.70 	 1,200.00 	   86,038.10 
132	 429.47 	    770.53 	 1,200.00 	   85,267.57 
133	 425.63 	    774.37 	 1,200.00 	   84,493.20 
134	 421.76 	    778.24 	 1,200.00 	   83,714.96 
135	 417.88 	    782.12 	 1,200.00 	   82,932.84 
136	 413.97 	    786.03 	 1,200.00 	   82,146.81 
137	 410.05 	    789.95 	 1,200.00 	   81,356.86 
138	 406.11 	    793.89 	 1,200.00 	   80,562.97 
139	 402.14 	    797.86 	 1,200.00 	   79,765.11 
140	 398.16 	    801.84 	 1,200.00 	   78,963.27 
141	 394.16 	    805.84 	 1,200.00 	   78,157.43 
142	 390.14 	    809.86 	 1,200.00 	   77,347.57 
143	 386.09 	    813.91 	 1,200.00 	   76,533.66 
144	 382.03 	    817.97 	 1,200.00 	   75,715.69 
145	 377.95 	    822.05 	 1,200.00 	   74,893.64 
146	 373.84 	    826.16 	 1,200.00 	   74,067.48 
147	 369.72 	    830.28 	 1,200.00 	   73,237.20 
148	 365.58 	    834.42 	 1,200.00 	   72,402.78 
149	 361.41 	    838.59 	 1,200.00 	   71,564.19 
150	 357.22 	    842.78 	 1,200.00 	   70,721.41 
151	 353.02 	    846.98 	 1,200.00 	   69,874.43 
152	 348.79 	    851.21 	 1,200.00 	   69,023.22 
153	 344.54 	    855.46 	 1,200.00 	   68,167.76 
154	 340.27 	    859.73 	 1,200.00 	   67,308.03 
155	 335.98 	    864.02 	 1,200.00 	   66,444.01 
156	 331.67 	    868.33 	 1,200.00 	   65,575.68 
157	 327.33 	    872.67 	 1,200.00 	   64,703.01 
158	 322.98 	    877.02 	 1,200.00 	   63,825.98 
159	 318.60 	    881.40 	 1,200.00 	   62,944.58 
160	 314.20 	    885.80 	 1,200.00 	   62,058.78 
161	 309.78 	    890.22 	 1,200.00 	   61,168.56 
162	 305.33 	    894.67 	 1,200.00 	   60,273.89 
163	 300.87 	    899.13 	 1,200.00 	   59,374.76 
164	 296.38 	    903.62 	 1,200.00 	   58,471.14 
165	 291.87 	    908.13 	 1,200.00 	   57,563.01 
166	 287.34 	    912.66 	 1,200.00 	   56,650.34 
167	 282.78 	    917.22 	 1,200.00 	   55,733.12 
168	 278.20 	    921.80 	 1,200.00 	   54,811.32 
169	 273.60 	    926.40 	 1,200.00 	   53,884.92 
170	 268.98 	    931.02 	 1,200.00 	   52,953.90 
171	 264.33 	    935.67 	 1,200.00 	   52,018.23 
172	 259.66 	    940.34 	 1,200.00 	   51,077.88 
173	 254.96 	    945.04 	 1,200.00 	   50,132.85 
174	 250.25 	    949.75 	 1,200.00 	   49,183.09 
175	 245.51 	    954.49 	 1,200.00 	   48,228.60 
176	 240.74 	    959.26 	 1,200.00 	   47,269.34 
177	 235.95 	    964.05 	 1,200.00 	   46,305.29 
178	 231.14 	    968.86 	 1,200.00 	   45,336.43 
179	 226.30 	    973.70 	 1,200.00 	   44,362.74 
180	 221.44 	    978.56 	 1,200.00 	   43,384.18 
181	 216.56 	    983.44 	 1,200.00 	   42,400.74 
182	 211.65 	    988.35 	 1,200.00 	   41,412.39 
183	 206.72 	    993.28 	 1,200.00 	   40,419.11 
184	 201.76 	    998.24 	 1,200.00 	   39,420.87 
185	 196.78 	 1,003.22 	 1,200.00 	   38,417.64 
186	 191.77 	 1,008.23 	 1,200.00 	   37,409.41 
187	 186.74 	 1,013.26 	 1,200.00 	   36,396.15 
188	 181.68 	 1,018.32 	 1,200.00 	   35,377.82 
189	 176.59 	 1,023.41 	 1,200.00 	   34,354.42 
190	 171.49 	 1,028.51 	 1,200.00 	   33,325.90 
191	 166.35 	 1,033.65 	 1,200.00 	   32,292.26 
192	 161.19 	 1,038.81 	 1,200.00 	   31,253.45 
193	 156.01 	 1,043.99 	 1,200.00 	   30,209.45 
194	 150.80 	 1,049.20 	 1,200.00 	   29,160.25 
195	 145.56 	 1,054.44 	 1,200.00 	   28,105.81 
196	 140.29 	 1,059.71 	 1,200.00 	   27,046.10 
197	 135.01 	 1,064.99 	 1,200.00 	   25,981.11 
198	 129.69 	 1,070.31 	 1,200.00 	   24,910.80 
199	 124.35 	 1,075.65 	 1,200.00 	   23,835.14 
200	 118.98 	 1,081.02 	 1,200.00 	   22,754.12 
201	 113.58 	 1,086.42 	 1,200.00 	   21,667.70 
202	 108.16 	 1,091.84 	 1,200.00 	   20,575.86 
203	 102.71 	 1,097.29 	 1,200.00 	   19,478.57 
204	   97.23 	 1,102.77 	 1,200.00 	   18,375.80 
205	   91.73 	 1,108.27 	 1,200.00 	   17,267.52 
206	   86.19 	 1,113.81 	 1,200.00 	   16,153.72 
207	   80.63 	 1,119.37 	 1,200.00 	   15,034.35 
208	   75.05 	 1,124.95 	 1,200.00 	   13,909.40 
209	   69.43 	 1,130.57 	 1,200.00 	   12,778.83 
210	   63.79 	 1,136.21 	 1,200.00 	   11,642.62 
211	   58.12 	 1,141.88 	 1,200.00 	   10,500.73 
212	   52.42 	 1,147.58 	 1,200.00 	     9,353.15 
213	   46.69 	 1,153.31 	 1,200.00 	     8,199.84 
214	   40.93 	 1,159.07 	 1,200.00 	     7,040.77 
215	   35.15 	 1,164.85 	 1,200.00 	     5,875.91 
216	   29.33 	 1,170.67 	 1,200.00 	     4,705.24 
217	   23.49 	 1,176.51 	 1,200.00 	     3,528.73 
218	   17.61 	 1,182.39 	 1,200.00 	     2,346.34 
219	   11.71 	 1,188.29 	 1,200.00 	     1,158.06 
220	     5.78 	 1,158.06 	 1,163.84 	          (0.00)

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With the extra payment:

1	 798.67 	 601.33 	 1,400.00 	 159,398.67 
2	 795.67 	 604.33 	 1,400.00 	 158,794.33 
3	 792.65 	 607.35 	 1,400.00 	 158,186.98 
4	 789.62 	 610.38 	 1,400.00 	 157,576.60 
5	 786.57 	 613.43 	 1,400.00 	 156,963.17 
6	 783.51 	 616.49 	 1,400.00 	 156,346.67 
7	 780.43 	 619.57 	 1,400.00 	 155,727.10 
8	 777.34 	 622.66 	 1,400.00 	 155,104.44 
9	 774.23 	 625.77 	 1,400.00 	 154,478.67 
10	 771.11 	 628.89 	 1,400.00 	 153,849.78 
11	 767.97 	 632.03 	 1,400.00 	 153,217.75 
12	 764.81 	 635.19 	 1,400.00 	 152,582.56 
13	 761.64 	 638.36 	 1,400.00 	 151,944.20 
14	 758.45 	 641.55 	 1,400.00 	 151,302.65 
15	 755.25 	 644.75 	 1,400.00 	 150,657.91 
16	 752.03 	 647.97 	 1,400.00 	 150,009.94 
17	 748.80 	 651.20 	 1,400.00 	 149,358.74 
18	 745.55 	 654.45 	 1,400.00 	 148,704.29 
19	 742.28 	 657.72 	 1,400.00 	 148,046.57 
20	 739.00 	 661.00 	 1,400.00 	 147,385.57 
21	 735.70 	 664.30 	 1,400.00 	 146,721.27 
22	 732.38 	 667.62 	 1,400.00 	 146,053.65 
23	 729.05 	 670.95 	 1,400.00 	 145,382.70 
24	 725.70 	 674.30 	 1,400.00 	 144,708.41 
25	 722.34 	 677.66 	 1,400.00 	 144,030.74 
26	 718.95 	 681.05 	 1,400.00 	 143,349.70 
27	 715.55 	 684.45 	 1,400.00 	 142,665.25 
28	 712.14 	 687.86 	 1,400.00 	 141,977.39 
29	 708.70 	 691.30 	 1,400.00 	 141,286.09 
30	 705.25 	 694.75 	 1,400.00 	 140,591.34 
31	 701.79 	 698.21 	 1,400.00 	 139,893.13 
32	 698.30 	 701.70 	 1,400.00 	 139,191.43 
33	 694.80 	 705.20 	 1,400.00 	 138,486.23 
34	 691.28 	 708.72 	 1,400.00 	 137,777.50 
35	 687.74 	 712.26 	 1,400.00 	 137,065.24 
36	 684.18 	 715.82 	 1,400.00 	 136,349.43 
37	 680.61 	 719.39 	 1,400.00 	 135,630.04 
38	 677.02 	 722.98 	 1,400.00 	 134,907.06 
39	 673.41 	 726.59 	 1,400.00 	 134,180.47 
40	 669.78 	 730.22 	 1,400.00 	 133,450.25 
41	 666.14 	 733.86 	 1,400.00 	 132,716.39 
42	 662.48 	 737.52 	 1,400.00 	 131,978.87 
43	 658.79 	 741.21 	 1,400.00 	 131,237.66 
44	 655.09 	 744.91 	 1,400.00 	 130,492.76 
45	 651.38 	 748.62 	 1,400.00 	 129,744.13 
46	 647.64 	 752.36 	 1,400.00 	 128,991.77 
47	 643.88 	 756.12 	 1,400.00 	 128,235.66 
48	 640.11 	 759.89 	 1,400.00 	 127,475.77 
49	 636.32 	 763.68 	 1,400.00 	 126,712.08 
50	 632.50 	 767.50 	 1,400.00 	 125,944.59 
51	 628.67 	 771.33 	 1,400.00 	 125,173.26 
52	 624.82 	 775.18 	 1,400.00 	 124,398.08 
53	 620.95 	 779.05 	 1,400.00 	 123,619.04 
54	 617.07 	 782.93 	 1,400.00 	 122,836.10 
55	 613.16 	 786.84 	 1,400.00 	 122,049.26 
56	 609.23 	 790.77 	 1,400.00 	 121,258.49 
57	 605.28 	 794.72 	 1,400.00 	 120,463.77 
58	 601.31 	 798.69 	 1,400.00 	 119,665.09 
59	 597.33 	 802.67 	 1,400.00 	 118,862.41 
60	 593.32 	 806.68 	 1,400.00 	 118,055.74 
61	 589.29 	 810.71 	 1,400.00 	 117,245.03 
62	 585.25 	 814.75 	 1,400.00 	 116,430.28 
63	 581.18 	 818.82 	 1,400.00 	 115,611.46 
64	 577.09 	 822.91 	 1,400.00 	 114,788.55 
65	 572.99 	 827.01 	 1,400.00 	 113,961.54 
66	 568.86 	 831.14 	 1,400.00 	 113,130.40 
67	 564.71 	 835.29 	 1,400.00 	 112,295.11 
68	 560.54 	 839.46 	 1,400.00 	 111,455.65 
69	 556.35 	 843.65 	 1,400.00 	 110,612.00 
70	 552.14 	 847.86 	 1,400.00 	 109,764.13 
71	 547.91 	 852.09 	 1,400.00 	 108,912.04 
72	 543.65 	 856.35 	 1,400.00 	 108,055.69 
73	 539.38 	 860.62 	 1,400.00 	 107,195.07 
74	 535.08 	 864.92 	 1,400.00 	 106,330.15 
75	 530.76 	 869.24 	 1,400.00 	 105,460.92 
76	 526.43 	 873.57 	 1,400.00 	 104,587.34 
77	 522.07 	 877.93 	 1,400.00 	 103,709.41 
78	 517.68 	 882.32 	 1,400.00 	 102,827.09 
79	 513.28 	 886.72 	 1,400.00 	 101,940.37 
80	 508.85 	 891.15 	 1,400.00 	 101,049.22 
81	 504.40 	 895.60 	 1,400.00 	 100,153.63 
82	 499.93 	 900.07 	 1,400.00 	 99,253.56 
83	 495.44 	 904.56 	 1,400.00 	 98,349.00 
84	 490.93 	 909.07 	 1,400.00 	 97,439.93 
85	 486.39 	 913.61 	 1,400.00 	 96,526.31 
86	 481.83 	 918.17 	 1,400.00 	 95,608.14 
87	 477.24 	 922.76 	 1,400.00 	 94,685.38 
88	 472.64 	 927.36 	 1,400.00 	 93,758.02 
89	 468.01 	 931.99 	 1,400.00 	 92,826.03 
90	 463.36 	 936.64 	 1,400.00 	 91,889.39 
91	 458.68 	 941.32 	 1,400.00 	 90,948.07 
92	 453.98 	 946.02 	 1,400.00 	 90,002.05 
93	 449.26 	 950.74 	 1,400.00 	 89,051.31 
94	 444.51 	 955.49 	 1,400.00 	 88,095.83 
95	 439.74 	 960.26 	 1,400.00 	 87,135.57 
96	 434.95 	 965.05 	 1,400.00 	 86,170.52 
97	 430.13 	 969.87 	 1,400.00 	 85,200.66 
98	 425.29 	 974.71 	 1,400.00 	 84,225.95 
99	 420.43 	 979.57 	 1,400.00 	 83,246.38 
100	 415.54 	 984.46 	 1,400.00 	 82,261.92 
101	 410.62 	 989.38 	 1,400.00 	 81,272.54 
102	 405.69 	 994.31 	 1,400.00 	 80,278.23 
103	 400.72 	 999.28 	 1,400.00 	 79,278.95 
104	 395.73 	 1,004.27 	 1,400.00 	 78,274.68 
105	 390.72 	 1,009.28 	 1,400.00 	 77,265.40 
106	 385.68 	 1,014.32 	 1,400.00 	 76,251.09 
107	 380.62 	 1,019.38 	 1,400.00 	 75,231.71 
108	 375.53 	 1,024.47 	 1,400.00 	 74,207.24 
109	 370.42 	 1,029.58 	 1,400.00 	 73,177.66 
110	 365.28 	 1,034.72 	 1,400.00 	 72,142.93 
111	 360.11 	 1,039.89 	 1,400.00 	 71,103.05 
112	 354.92 	 1,045.08 	 1,400.00 	 70,057.97 
113	 349.71 	 1,050.29 	 1,400.00 	 69,007.68 
114	 344.46 	 1,055.54 	 1,400.00 	 67,952.14 
115	 339.19 	 1,060.81 	 1,400.00 	 66,891.33 
116	 333.90 	 1,066.10 	 1,400.00 	 65,825.23 
117	 328.58 	 1,071.42 	 1,400.00 	 64,753.81 
118	 323.23 	 1,076.77 	 1,400.00 	 63,677.04 
119	 317.85 	 1,082.15 	 1,400.00 	 62,594.90 
120	 312.45 	 1,087.55 	 1,400.00 	 61,507.35 
121	 307.02 	 892.98 	 1,200.00 	 60,614.37 
122	 302.57 	 897.43 	 1,200.00 	 59,716.94 
123	 298.09 	 901.91 	 1,200.00 	 58,815.03 
124	 293.59 	 906.41 	 1,200.00 	 57,908.61 
125	 289.06 	 910.94 	 1,200.00 	 56,997.67 
126	 284.51 	 915.49 	 1,200.00 	 56,082.19 
127	 279.94 	 920.06 	 1,200.00 	 55,162.13 
128	 275.35 	 924.65 	 1,200.00 	 54,237.48 
129	 270.74 	 929.26 	 1,200.00 	 53,308.22 
130	 266.10 	 933.90 	 1,200.00 	 52,374.31 
131	 261.44 	 938.56 	 1,200.00 	 51,435.75 
132	 256.75 	 943.25 	 1,200.00 	 50,492.50 
133	 252.04 	 947.96 	 1,200.00 	 49,544.54 
134	 247.31 	 952.69 	 1,200.00 	 48,591.85 
135	 242.55 	 957.45 	 1,200.00 	 47,634.40 
136	 237.78 	 962.22 	 1,200.00 	 46,672.18 
137	 232.97 	 967.03 	 1,200.00 	 45,705.15 
138	 228.14 	 971.86 	 1,200.00 	 44,733.30 
139	 223.29 	 976.71 	 1,200.00 	 43,756.59 
140	 218.42 	 981.58 	 1,200.00 	 42,775.01 
141	 213.52 	 986.48 	 1,200.00 	 41,788.53 
142	 208.59 	 991.41 	 1,200.00 	 40,797.12 
143	 203.65 	 996.35 	 1,200.00 	 39,800.77 
144	 198.67 	 1,001.33 	 1,200.00 	 38,799.44 
145	 193.67 	 1,006.33 	 1,200.00 	 37,793.11 
146	 188.65 	 1,011.35 	 1,200.00 	 36,781.76 
147	 183.60 	 1,016.40 	 1,200.00 	 35,765.36 
148	 178.53 	 1,021.47 	 1,200.00 	 34,743.89 
149	 173.43 	 1,026.57 	 1,200.00 	 33,717.32 
150	 168.31 	 1,031.69 	 1,200.00 	 32,685.63 
151	 163.16 	 1,036.84 	 1,200.00 	 31,648.78 
152	 157.98 	 1,042.02 	 1,200.00 	 30,606.76 
153	 152.78 	 1,047.22 	 1,200.00 	 29,559.54 
154	 147.55 	 1,052.45 	 1,200.00 	 28,507.10 
155	 142.30 	 1,057.70 	 1,200.00 	 27,449.39 
156	 137.02 	 1,062.98 	 1,200.00 	 26,386.41 
157	 131.71 	 1,068.29 	 1,200.00 	 25,318.12 
158	 126.38 	 1,073.62 	 1,200.00 	 24,244.50 
159	 121.02 	 1,078.98 	 1,200.00 	 23,165.52 
160	 115.63 	 1,084.37 	 1,200.00 	 22,081.16 
161	 110.22 	 1,089.78 	 1,200.00 	 20,991.38 
162	 104.78 	 1,095.22 	 1,200.00 	 19,896.16 
163	 99.32 	 1,100.68 	 1,200.00 	 18,795.48 
164	 93.82 	 1,106.18 	 1,200.00 	 17,689.30 
165	 88.30 	 1,111.70 	 1,200.00 	 16,577.60 
166	 82.75 	 1,117.25 	 1,200.00 	 15,460.35 
167	 77.17 	 1,122.83 	 1,200.00 	 14,337.52 
168	 71.57 	 1,128.43 	 1,200.00 	 13,209.09 
169	 65.94 	 1,134.06 	 1,200.00 	 12,075.02 
170	 60.27 	 1,139.73 	 1,200.00 	 10,935.30 
171	 54.59 	 1,145.41 	 1,200.00 	 9,789.88 
172	 48.87 	 1,151.13 	 1,200.00 	 8,638.75 
173	 43.12 	 1,156.88 	 1,200.00 	 7,481.87 
174	 37.35 	 1,162.65 	 1,200.00 	 6,319.22 
175	 31.54 	 1,168.46 	 1,200.00 	 5,150.76 
176	 25.71 	 1,174.29 	 1,200.00 	 3,976.47 
177	 19.85 	 1,180.15 	 1,200.00 	 2,796.32 
178	 13.96 	 1,186.04 	 1,200.00 	 1,610.28 
179	 8.04 	 1,191.96 	 1,200.00 	 418.32 
180	 2.09 	 418.32 	 420.41 	 (0.00)

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Subject: Re: What will be the effect of paying my mortgage principal down?
From: daniel2d-ga on 06 Aug 2005 14:05 PDT
 
One consequence of paying more on your mortgage is that that money
will no longer be available to you should you need it for an
emergency.  An alternative would be to place the extra $200 in the
bank or a realitively risk free investment.  It would be available for
any emergency that arose, including the mortgage.
Subject: Re: What will be the effect of paying my mortgage principal down?
From: richard-ga on 06 Aug 2005 19:46 PDT
 
gisgirl - - thank you for the kind words and the tip!
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Subject: Re: What will be the effect of paying my mortgage principal down?
From: research_help-ga on 08 Aug 2005 06:47 PDT
 
One more thing for you to consider, mortgage interest payments on your
primary residence are a tax deduction. If you pay extra principal, you
will reduce the interest and thereby reduce the tax deduction.  You
should only do this if you have no other debts (credit cards, student
loans, etc) since they should be paid off first as they have no tax
benefit.

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