It’s important to understand all the costs involved in buying a house before taking out a new home loan. It’s also interesting (and scary) see how much interest you’re actually paying! Use this home loan calculator to understand your monthly installment and see exactly what the principle and interest amount are each month. Take particular note of the first few periods as this will show the high interest paid at the start.
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Using this Home Loan Calculator South Africa
When completing the details in the home loan calculator, you can request that the detailed amortization report be emailed to you as a PDF. If you don’t receive a mail within minutes please check your spam folder as it gets sent immediately. Email addresses are not stored and not used for anything else.
Note that this home loan calculator can also be used as a personal loan calculator or car finance calculator. Just add in the appropriate amounts; the maths it the same! The home loan calculator is for South Africa and is in Rands.
Take the home loan calculations further
If you are interested to learn how to do these calculations yourself and to make your own house loan calculator spreadsheet, have a look at this short Udemy course on home loan calculations. This will help you understand the formulas involved and also empower you to accurately calculate the effects of extra payments towards your home loan. Or, if you just want the spreadsheet that shows monthly figures and how extra payments will affect the loan, get it here.
You may also like to read up on why I would rather pay my loan instead of investing. This is a personal decision which not everyone agrees with. That’s okay though. It’s good to educate yourself and make informed decisions.
A super useful home loan calculator South Africa.
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