Please help MSE test revamped tool: Ultimate Mortgage Calculator (now more ultimate!)

Former_MSE_Dan

Hi folks,

A few months ago we launched our 'Ultimate Mortgage Calculator' and got some really great feedback from the forum - chief among it being 'make it MORE ultimate!'. So we did...

We are hoping to launch this in the coming weeks, so would love anyone with a few minutes to spare to have a play and test it for us. What we really want is feedback on technical glitches, any queries you have with the answers it gives, and any suggestions on making it as easy as possible to use.

It now comprises:

- Basic Mortgage Calculator
- Overpayment Calculator
- Ditch your Fix? calculator
- Compare 2 fixed mortgage deals NEW
- Offset Mortgage vs Savings NEW
- Should I save or repay mortgage? NEW
- How much can I borrow? NEW

To use it just go to this link:

ULTIMATE MORTGAGE CALCULATOR

Thanks!

Dan

spadoosh

I dont know if its new (doesnt state it) but loving the overpayment calculator and the graphic display (especially the hover over and see how much at that point!)

How much can i borrow, looks good (seems to be inlin with other 'borrow calcs')

Good all round tools for moneysavers. Like the look of it!

preable

Yes it looks pretty good

frannyann

Played about with it, seems very useful!!

January20

Played with it. It's very useful.
I love the overpayment calculator. It's so brilliant to input what I am overpaying at the moment and get a clear picture of the impact it has over my whole mortgage.
It's even better to play around with the figures and see how I could do even better.
I love the fact it has a graphic display and also states how much you can shave off your mortgage if you overpay.

Great tool. Very clear visually. Easy to understand and easy to use.

loracan1

It's okay, not as graphically attractive as the former one but it's obviously got more tabs. Still no facility for splitting a mortgage into part repayment, part interest only though.

phoenix__

Very useful, especially the overpayment calculator which is the most useful for me personally (just purchased a place and being in a 10 year fixed I'm not going to be changing any time soon). The only thing which could be useful is the ability to have the mortgage details I've filled in on one page to another page, rather than having to re-enter my current mortgage and interest rate several times.

Former_MSE_Dan

loracan1 wrote: »

It's okay, not as graphically attractive as the former one but it's obviously got more tabs. Still no facility for splitting a mortgage into part repayment, part interest only though.

Yep we are a bit frustrated with this too - it really is quite hard to do and represent in a user-friendly way though. We are carrying on trying

VK-2008

yeah seems good