Final Loan Amount
Loan Origination Fee
30 Years vs. 15 Years
Area
Perimeter
100

Purchase price: $300,000

Down Payment: 25%

Closing Cost: $5,500

Final Loan Amount: $230,500

100

A $300,000 home loan with 6 points. 

Origination Fee: $18,000

100

You pay $4,503 per month on a 30-year loan. How much do you pay overall?

Overall cost: $1,621,080

100

Length: 45 feet

Width: 12 feet

Area: 540 square feet

100

A square with sides that are 42 inches long. 

Perimeter: 168 inches

200

Purchase price: $500,578

Down Payment: 15%

Closing Cost: $856

Final Loan Amount: $426,347.30

200

A $528,500 home loan with 4 points. 

Loan Origination Fee: $21,140

200

You pay 3,499.38 per month on a 15-year loan. What is the overall cost? 

Overall cost: $629,888.40

200

Length: 12.5 feet

Width: 32 feet

Area: 400 square feet

200

A rectangle with a width of 12.5 feet and a length of 8 feet. 

Perimeter: 41 feet

300

Purchase price: $116,700

Down Payment: 35%

Closing Cost: $2,800

Final Loan Amount: $78,655

300

A $411,300 home loan with 8 points. 

Loan Origination Fee: $32,904

300

You pay $2,380 on a 30-year loan and 3,844 on a 15-year loan. What are the overall costs for both loans? 

Overall cost for 30-year loan: $856,800

Overall cost for 15-year loan: $691,920

300

Length: 212 feet

Width: 45 feet

Area: 9,540 square feet

300

A room with a wall that is 15.3 feet, a wall that is 9 feet, a wall that is 17 feet, and a wall that is 3.4 feet.

Perimeter: 44.7 feet

400

Purchase price: $1,430,000

Down Payment: 17%

Closing Cost: $10,850

Final Loan Amount: $1,197,750

400

A $602,333.50 home loan with 7 points.

Loan Origination Fee: $42,163.35

400

You pay 2,533.80 per month for a 15-year loan. 

You pay 1,720.25 per month for a 30-year loan.

What is the difference between the overall costs?

Overall cost for 15-year loan: $456,084

Overall cost for 30-year loan: $619,290

Difference: $163,206

400

Length: 72.8 feet

Width: 90 feet

Area: 6,552 square feet

400

A square room with sides that are 6.3 feet long.

Perimeter: 25.2

500

Purchase price: $256,407

Down Payment: 13%

Closing Cost: $10,830

Final Loan Amount: $233,904.09

500

A $326,755.42 home loan with 4.5 points.

Loan Origination Fee: $14,703.99

500

You pay 945.32 per month for a 15-year loan. 

You pay 1,998.51 per month for a 30-year loan.

What is the difference between the overall costs?

Overall cost for 15-year loan: $170,157.60

Overall cost for 30-year loan: $719, 463. 60

Difference: $549,306

500

Length: 8.7 feet

Width: 10.3 feet

Area: 89.61 square feet

500

A rectangular room with walls that are 14.6 feet wide and 17 feet long. 

Perimeter: 63.2 feet