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Help Me Understand Loan Amortization

The term ‘amortization’ shares its origin with the word ‘mortgage.’ Both come from the Latin root, ‘mort’ which means to terminate or kill. It should be every person’s goal to terminate or kill the balance on his or her home loan (mortgage); in order to accomplish this, a portion of each payment must go towards [...]

Understand Loan Amortization

Because the lenders charge interest, a portion of each payment also must go to them. In this article, I hope to help you better understand loan amortization. Basically, loan payments are calculated by dividing the principal balance by the number of payments. Interest charges must also be added in to each payment, and therefore only [...]