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re: Trying to make twice a month mortgage payments
Posted on 3/12/16 at 1:33 pm to Stingray
Posted on 3/12/16 at 1:33 pm to Stingray
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Can you explain why it wouldn't help pay down more of the interest over time?
1. Technically you don't 'pay down' interest as interest is always accruing as long as there is a principle balance.
2. Paying down any principle faster than your regularly scheduled 360 payments (assuming a 30 year term) will decrease the amount of interest accrued, thus lowering the amount of interest you would pay over the life of the loan (again vs. if you made your regularly scheduled 360 monthly payments).
3. Interest will always accrue at the same rate as laid out in the note, the only difference is the amount of principle that the interest is accruing on.
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Posted on 3/12/16 at 3:12 pm to MikeBRLA
Okay, I understand that "pay down the interest" might be a confusing statement. The way I am using it means that I am paying more/earlier to benefit from having to pay less interest over the lifetime of the loan.
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