Ways to Pay Off Your Mortgage Early

1.Cut out all the extra expenses that don’t really matter as much,Take all this extra money and apply it towards your mortgage payments.

2.Consider increasing your income. For most people, the easiest way to do this will be to get a part time job. Take the earnings from this extra job and apply it towards paying down the mortgage.

3.Look at improving your credit score by eliminating any mistakes that are on it.You could qualify for a shorter term loan with a much lower interest rate. If it makes financial sense to do this, you can save money on the interest and end up getting your home paid off much earlier.

4.Sell of some things that you really don’t need.There could be thousands of dollars of items in your home that you could sell and apply towards your mortgage to get it paid off months earlier.

Some question on Pay Off Your Mortgage Early

Q: Does paying off your mortgage early reduce interest?I have owned a home for 6 years. We are now building a new house and will sell our current house. Since we have been paying interest based on a 30 year note, when the mortgage is paid off after only 6 years and sold to someone else, do they recalculate interest so that the actual amount you still owe is less?

A: Yes it will be much less because intrest is only charged to you on the amount of time you had there money so if you pay it off early you can save thousands.

Q: What amount needs to be paid to principal each month to pay this off early? Mr.Gold just got a 30-year mortgage, and plans to pay $200 towards the principal each month. Tp pay the mortgage off 10 years early, how much does he have to pay on principal each month? (Do not consider interest expense in your response.)

A. $400.00
B. $300.00
C. $100.00
D. Other

Please give the correct answer and explain.

A: Since we’re dealing with the principal only it’s relatively straightforward arithmetic (and also unrealistic situation!)

30 years * 12 months/year * $200/month = $72,000 is the cost of the house.
To pay this off in 20 years:

$72,000/(20years*12months/year) = $300/month

In fact it’s even more obvious than that because it should be clear that 30 x 200 = 20 x 300

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