Financial Calculator – What is it?

2 Financial Calculator – What is it?

If you want to take a home mortgage, you must have clear estimation about  how much money you have and how much you can spend on repaying a loan.  The repayment money should include the principal amount and the rate of interest on home mortgage.  The amount of money to be repaid depends on what your payment terms and period are. It can be paid on a monthly, bi-monthly, half-yearly or yearly basis.  Mortgage calculators will be of great use in calculating all these.

Depending on the type of home mortgage one wants to choose, there are different calculators to him with calculations. There is one type of mortgage calculator with which a buyer can decide how much he can afford for a house.  In this, there are two types  one will help him decide price of house is with in his range and the other one will help him know how much down payment he will have to make.  This will allow him to decide on what type of real estate is ideal for him and also how much he has to save up for a down payment before applying for a home mortgage.

Another type is the mortgage calculator to help a person consolidate all non-mortgage debts.  This type of mortgage calculator is further sub-divided into 3 categories  one to help him consider the option of merging non-mortgage and mortgage debts into one consolidated amount; another to help consider a refinance option of taking another home loan or by cash out and the third for those who have 2 existing mortgages and are consider ways of paying off the older mortgage.

Popular mortgage calculators are those that can be used to calculate each type such as fixed arm mortgages, adjustable arm mortgages, flexible amortizations etc. There is one type of mortgage calculator which will help the borrower calculate how much he can save by paying extra for the principal amount. This calculator varies depending on the mode of payments like bi-weekly, extra monthly etc., The refinance mortgage calculator is very another  popular one for those who want to whether refinancing a property would fetch them more money in the long run. This again is classified in two depending on the refinance option a borrower wants to go for.

The insurance calculator helps the borrower know how many insurance premiums he will have to pay for the mortgage. The amortization mortgage calculator is used for calculating tax savings on interest and property appreciation. There is even a mortgage calculator that will help the borrower compare any two different mortgages and choose the better of the two that will suit him. For example one make comparison between adjustable and fixed rate mortgages or between government and private loans.

Fees and paying points add a lot to the mortgage amount being repaid. There is a mortgage calculator exclusively to calculate this amount for both FRM and ARM.  Another mortgage calculator is used to determine which mortgage is more feasible, whether short term or a long term.  All these mortgage calculators are available exclusively on the websites of lending institutions.  Any borrower can use these calculators free of cost.

To choose the best home mortgage, you have to:
    make an estimate of your current and future financial situation
    study financial journals and see the interest rate trend
    know how much money you can afford to pay as down payment for the house which depends on how long you plan to live in it.
    know various types of mortgages available
decide which program will suit your financial position in the long run
 
To the novice, these many mortgage schemes, mortgage calculators and their uses will look quiet confusing in the beginning. Which type of mortgage requires which type of calculator? Which lending institution to approach?-these are a few important questions which any newcomer find it difficult to answer.  Patience and long term study of the real estate market is very important before getting into it. A real estate broker can be very useful in guiding you through the entire process of selecting the best home mortgage for your purpose.

Article by John Hoots of Chicago, who is a specialist in real estate investments. For more information on Chicago home loans, visit his site today.

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Comments

  1. livingdedgrl18 says:

    The financial calculator can do, with a touch of a button, all interest calculations for a payment stream of regular payments, and can approximate the interest rate if only the payments and present value are given. While it is possible to do this with any calculator, the financial ones save you considerable time.

    You must buy a calculator that has "interest rate functions" and "loan calculation functions".

    The TI Ba-35 solar as well as the HP-12C calculators have these functions. This is not an endorsement though. There may be others.

    Just make sure there is a "PMT", "PV", "calculate i", "FV" and "N" (number of payments) buttons on your calculator (or the equivalent).

    I just checked the web. The TI-83 does NOT have the financial functions needed for a finance course.

    While it is true you can do these problems by setting up geometric series or using Newton's method, that would be like computing the logarithm with tables while your friends are racing ahead with calculators!

    HTH

  2. perfectmate999 says:

    will you help me all the way until i retire?

  3. Lance Rhodes says:

    Try this sequence, it works on mine:

    1(n)
    6.5(i) enter in % format, not decimal.
    5325(fv)
    (pv)

    ans = 5,000

    Let me know, mule

  4. jetstarx333 says:

    Interesting program.

  5. sporthome1 says:

    I’m gonna try your program now.

  6. rachel says:

    Yes the 84 has a financial application that cannot be deleted from the calculator using any means i have tried. Its very powerful, and i have used it in math class numerous times. Although that's true, there many calculators for less than 30 dollars that will save you time because its made for finances. My dad had that calculator, don't remember the number of it, but was much better at typing commands that the teacher wanted. If you want it to be easyer then go for it, if not, im fairly certain your 84 will cut it.

  7. RapidMegaDotInfo says:

    I don’t consider myself a sophisticate investor, but a fluent investor already. However, thre are few pointer here that I need to take note. Thank you.

  8. shesthat1 says:

    PV and FV have to be different signs, one positive and one negative. I was taught to put PV as negative, since it is usually an outflow for an investment in something. FV is positive since it represents the money coming back in after some time period. If you put -7,000 for PV and keep 15,000 in FV, it should work.

  9. Jay Karr says:

    The Internal Rate Of Return (IRR) will take you to the bottom line of an investment. It will calculate for you the annualized rate of return on a complicated series of cash flows. Measure this against what you can earn in a risk-free investment to determine the desirability of this investment.

    In technical terms, IRR is the discount rate that sets all cash inflows and outflows to 0. More weight is given to the earlier cash flows than to the later cash flows because of the time value of money.

    This calculator supports irregular length periods and exact date data entry for the cash flows. There is also no need to manually enter every cash flow. The calculater can optionally be set so that the prior entered value is used as the default value for the next perod. This makes data entry a snap!

    The IRR calculator is a main stay for financial planners, investors and accountants. This is the calculator that you want to use if you are calculating the annualized rate of return on your mutual fund investments, for example.

    The IRR calculator was improved upon with the release of SolveIT! v6.0. It is now possible to import text files. Rather than typing in all the dates and cash flows, you can create a file with notepad for example and import your data. Some users will find this an easier way to enter data.

  10. Lo_NO says:

    TI and HP are the top of the line. Maybe you should drop the financial calculator idea and get a programmable scientific calculator instead.

  11. Michelle says:

    There are many online financial calculators that are easier to use than your calculator. I use the one on Business Smarts at http://www.maxigrade.com. It is free to use.

  12. dantri2009 says:

    Great video!!!

  13. Natakid. says:

    it is reliable.

  14. ianmaddux says:

    put -10,000 in PV, then put 5.01/4 as the interest rate. Then put in 40 periods. 0 for payment and ask for the Future Value (FV) key. You are assuming no re-investment risk, which is a bold assumption, but based on your question, one has to make that assumption.

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