However, there are many other costs associated with home buying/selling that the calculator does not take into account, such as property taxes, escrow payments, mortgage insurance, homeowner's insurance, closing costs, etc. This spreadsheet can be useful as a mortgage calculator, particularly for calculating the balloon payment that is made when you sell your house after a number of years.
Using the Balloon Payment Calculator for Mortgages
The 'Balloon Payment with Rounding' value is taken directly from the amortization schedule, which ensures that the final balance is zero. The latest versions of the balloon loan calculator (v1.3+) take into account the fact that the regular payment and the interest are rounded to the nearest cent. So, to keep the monthly payments low at first, we set up a 3-year loan with the plan to pay the loan off completely after about 6 months. Why? Mainly because I didn't have the cash in hand to pay for the car in one lump sum, but I knew that I would after 6 months (because after 10 years of being a student, I was finally going to have a job). I originally created this spreadsheet to figure out a payment schedule for a car loan or auto loan.
