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The home financing calculator.

Budget before you browse — sketch the monthly payment with your own numbers: price, down payment, the rate a lender actually quoted you, and the carrying costs most calculators forget, moorage included. Educational estimates, never a loan offer.

Run the numbers

What would the monthly payment look like?

Sketch a budget in thirty seconds — price, down payment, the rate a lender quotes you, and the monthly costs most calculators forget. Educational estimates, not a quote.

What are you buying?

Switching resets the numbers to typical assumptions for that type.

as a dollar amount
Loan term

House estimate

$5,086/ month

$4,298 principal & interest + $788 taxes, insurance & dues

Monthly principal & interest
$4,298
Property tax (monthly)
$638
Insurance (monthly)
$150
Loan amount
$680,000
Total interest over 30 years
$867,303

Conventional financing on real property. Under 20% down you will usually pay mortgage insurance until you reach 20% equity, which is estimated above.

Estimates only, for education — not a loan offer, quote, or pre-approval. Special Agents Realty is a real estate brokerage, not a lender; actual rates, taxes, insurance, and terms vary. Talk to a lender before you shop.

Buying on the water? Floating homes and houseboats are usually financed differently — portfolio or floating-property lenders, different down-payment expectations, and moorage underwriting a standard mortgage desk won’t touch. Pick the floating homes & houseboats tab above, and the floating-home buying guide walks through the rest.

Selling instead? Payoff, commission, Washington’s graduated excise tax, and closing costs — itemized so you see what you’d actually walk away with. Run the seller numbers

The monthly payment is one of three money numbers a purchase runs on. The second is the wire: the closing costs estimator turns the same loan inputs into your total cash to close. And if you’re selling to buy, the net proceeds calculator tells you what the sale actually hands you to work with. For the reading behind the sliders, start with getting a legitimate lender and getting pre-approved, your savings and down payment, and FICO scores and your mortgage — or browse the whole Financing & Closing library.

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