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How much is interest how much is capital?

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Hi

Can anyone help me work out how much of my monthly mortgage payment is comprised of interest, and how much goes against capital for my new mortgage.
It is £252,000, over 30 years, 5.75%. Monthly payment £1475 (ish).

I've looked on the net for ages, and can't find out!

Many thanks
Tony
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  • Mr_helpful
    Mr_helpful Posts: 3,233 Forumite
    Thats because it changes every month in the early years you pay very little capital on a 25 yr mortgage you have paid around 1/20th of the capital after 5 yrs or 15th of the term. at the end your payment is much more capital.
    I like to give people as many choices as possible to do what I want them to. (Milton H Erickson I think)
  • I realise that - but i want to know how much capital/interest in the first year - sorry should have been more specific!
  • payless
    payless Posts: 6,957 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    IN the first year at that rate/ term / assuming daily calculation on a repayment basis - the payments are split roughly 80% interest & 20% capital
    ( taken from a recent illustration for similiar but not exactly same situation)

    Most lenders or brokers can provide an exact calculation
    Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as (financial) advice.
  • Mr._Nice
    Mr._Nice Posts: 43 Forumite
    For a 5.75% mortgage (assuming they aren't screwing you with annual interest calculation, daily or monthly comes out the same for fixed monthly payments) of 30 years, you will have 98.7% of the capital outstanding after one year.
    In your case, that would be £248,758.
    So you will have payed £1470.60*12=£17,647.20, comprising £3242 capital and £14405 interest.
    That all came from a quick bit of excel.
  • Many thanks!
    Scary stuff!
    Luckily we can make unlimited over payments straight off the capital with this one (Northern Rock) - well thats my understanding of it!
  • AndrewSmith
    AndrewSmith Posts: 2,871 Forumite
    Hi

    Can anyone help me work out how much of my monthly mortgage payment is comprised of interest, and how much goes against capital for my new mortgage.
    It is £252,000, over 30 years, 5.75%. Monthly payment £1475 (ish).

    I've looked on the net for ages, and can't find out!

    Many thanks
    Tony


    Month one

    Interest = £1207.50
    Capital = £263.11

    Month 12

    Interest = £1193.30
    Capital = £277.31

    Month 60 (5 years)

    Interest = £1121.77
    Capital = £348.83

    Month 180 (15 years)

    Interest = £851.54
    Capital = £619.06



    Hope that helps, it assumes that the rate of 5.75 is constant

    Andrew
  • Mr_helpful
    Mr_helpful Posts: 3,233 Forumite
    Of course if you look at the back page of the KFI it should be on there
    I like to give people as many choices as possible to do what I want them to. (Milton H Erickson I think)
  • Bargain_Rzl
    Bargain_Rzl Posts: 6,254 Forumite
    So what's the formula?

    For the sake of setting up my own daily spreadsheet, if I have an annual interest rate of 4.89% (as per my current fix) how do I work out the daily rate?

    Once I've got that, my spreadsheet will work...

    Edit: sorry - meant the split of capital/interest. Not the daily rate - that's easy :o

    Ohhhh hang on - think I'm getting the hang of it now...
    :)Operation Get in Shape :)
    MURPHY'S NO MORE PIES CLUB MEMBER #124
  • Bargain_Rzl
    Bargain_Rzl Posts: 6,254 Forumite
    Nope, I give up :o

    I can't work out how daily interest compounds over the course of a year to result in my annual interest rate.

    Anybody enlighten me with a formula for calculating daily interest from an annual compounded figure of 4.89% per annum?

    I am soooo close to having a whizzy spreadsheet :D

    Thanks!
    :)Operation Get in Shape :)
    MURPHY'S NO MORE PIES CLUB MEMBER #124
  • Leon_W
    Leon_W Posts: 1,813 Forumite
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    Most brokers will have calculators built in to software they are using so it's not a calculation that I am not an expert on (you have to be aware that not all lenders use the same calculations either!).

    Anyway, found this on the web for you.....

    http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/06/16/amortization-table/

    If it's of no use then don't ask me what the hell they're on about on this page as I haven't got a clue.
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