
Sukie Gao
Founder & Editor, MortgageAmortizationCalc.com
Sukie Gao builds independent mortgage calculators that show homeowners what a loan actually costs over time, from standard amortization schedules to HUD-based reverse mortgage estimates. MortgageAmortizationCalc.com is written and maintained by Sukie, with every formula checked by hand and every lending rule linked to the agency that sets it.
Every calculator and article published under this byline goes through the same process: draft with AI research assistance, verify every formula against a hand calculation and published amortization tables, cite primary sources (the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey) rather than secondhand summaries, and revisit periodically to keep numbers current. See the About page for the full editorial process and how this site decides what to cover.
What Sukie Is, and Is Not
Sukie Gao is not a licensed mortgage loan originator, a financial adviser or a HUD-approved housing counselor, and holds no finance credential. What this byline offers instead is work you can check: every calculator runs on formulas published on this site, every rule is linked to the regulator or agency that sets it, and every worked example states its inputs so you can reproduce it. For advice on your own situation, the CFPB lists HUD-approved housing counselors near you, and a reverse mortgage requires a counseling session with one before you can apply.
Mortgage Amortization Calculators by Sukie
- Mortgage Calculator With Extra Payments
Extra monthly, yearly and one-time payments, and how much time and interest each saves.
- Principal and Interest Calculator
The pure loan payment with taxes, insurance and PMI left out, for comparing lender quotes.
- Amortization With Taxes and Insurance
The full PITI payment, including when PMI can be cancelled and when it ends on its own.
- Mortgage Recast Calculator
A lump sum re-amortized into a lower payment, with the before-and-after schedule.
- Balloon Mortgage Amortization Calculator
Payment, balloon amount and full schedule for any balloon date, including interest-only.
- 30 Year Mortgage Amortization Schedule
How a 30-year schedule front-loads interest, year by year.
- 15 Year Mortgage Amortization Schedule
The 15-year schedule: a higher payment and far less lifetime interest.
- Refinance Amortization Calculator
Current loan vs. a refinance: monthly savings, break-even month and lifetime cost.
- How Mortgage Amortization Is Calculated
The formula behind every calculator here, worked by hand step by step.
- Mortgage Amortization Calculator Excel Template
A downloadable schedule plus the PMT, IPMT and PPMT formulas to build your own.
- 15 Year Mortgage Calculator
15 year mortgage calculator with full payment and interest math: see monthly payment, lifetime interest, and how a 15-year term compares against a 30-year loan.
- Amortization Schedule With Balloon Payment
Amortization schedule with balloon payment: how the table is built, how to read the final row, and a worked $300,000 example with the exact month-60 payoff.
- Mortgage Amortization Formula
Mortgage amortization formula explained variable by variable: the payment equation, the per-month interest split, the remaining-balance formula, and a worked $400,000 example.
- Mortgage Calculator With PMI Taxes and Insurance
Mortgage calculator with PMI taxes and insurance built in — stack principal, interest, escrowed property tax, homeowners insurance, PMI and HOA into one real monthly number, and see exactly when PMI drops off.
- Amortization Schedule With Extra Payments
Amortization schedule with extra payments, row by row: see exactly which month your extra $100, $200 or $500 removes from the end of the loan, and what it saves.
- Mortgage Calculator With Extra Payments and Lump Sum
Mortgage calculator with extra payments and lump sum modeling: see how a $300 monthly extra, a one-time $25,000 payment, or both together change your payoff date and total interest.
- Interest Only Mortgage Calculator
Interest only mortgage calculator and the number that matters more than the low payment: what your payment jumps to when the interest-only period ends.
- Land Contract Balloon Payment Calculator
Land contract balloon payment calculator with a worked $180,000 contract-for-deed example: monthly payment, the exact balloon owed at year five, and the legal cautions that come with it.
- Early Mortgage Payoff Calculator
Early mortgage payoff calculator showing what each extra amount buys in years and dollars — plus the four situations where paying the mortgage off early is the wrong move.
- 15 Year vs 30 Year Mortgage Calculator
15 year vs 30 year mortgage calculator: the payment gap, the $312,283 interest gap, and the third option that beats both for most borrowers.
- Mortgage Recast vs Refinance Calculator
Mortgage recast vs refinance calculator: which one lowers your payment more, what each costs, and the rate threshold where the answer flips.
- Biweekly Mortgage Payment Calculator
Biweekly mortgage payment calculator plus the thing the sales pitch leaves out: the savings come from one extra payment a year, and you can make it for free.
- Mortgage Amortization Schedule: How to Read Every Row
Mortgage amortization schedule explained row by row: a real 360-month example at this week's 7.40% rate, what each column means, the crossover month, and how extra payments rewrite it.
- 30 Year Mortgage Calculator: Payment, Interest and Equity Tables
30 year mortgage calculator with payment tables at Freddie Mac's October 2026 average of 7.40%, equity after 5 and 10 years, and PMI timing.
Reverse Mortgage Calculators by Sukie
- Reverse Mortgage Purchase Calculator
HECM for Purchase: the down payment needed to buy a home with a reverse mortgage.
- Jumbo Reverse Mortgage Calculator
Homes above the FHA limit: what a HECM leaves on the table and what jumbo loans change.
- Reverse Mortgage Line of Credit Calculator
How an unused HECM line of credit grows each year.
- Reverse Mortgage Amortization Calculator
Reverse mortgage amortization calculator showing how your loan balance grows every year from interest and MIP — the opposite of a normal payoff schedule. Free, no signup.
- HECM Reverse Mortgage Calculator
HECM reverse mortgage calculator for FHA-insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgages — model your growing balance, MIP, and available funds. Free, no signup.
- Reverse Mortgage Eligibility Calculator
Reverse mortgage eligibility calculator: check the age, equity, and financial requirements, then project how much you could actually borrow. Free, no signup.
- Reverse Mortgage Refinance Calculator
Reverse mortgage refinance calculator: model how a new HECM balance would grow after refinancing an existing reverse mortgage. Free, no signup.
- Reverse Mortgage Closing Cost Calculator
Reverse mortgage closing cost calculator: see the origination fee, upfront MIP, and other fees added to your loan balance at closing. Free, no signup.
- Reverse Mortgage Monthly Payment Calculator
Reverse mortgage monthly payment calculator explaining why there's no single payment number — and how age, rate, home value, and payout choice set what you receive.
- HECM for Purchase Calculator
HECM for purchase calculator for the FHA's H4P program — estimate the required down payment, model your loan balance, and see how buying with a reverse mortgage works.
- Reverse Mortgage Interest Calculator
Reverse mortgage interest calculator — see how fixed and adjustable HECM rates are built (index + margin + MIP), how interest compounds, and what it totals over 10-20 years.
- Reverse Mortgage Lump Sum Calculator
Reverse mortgage lump sum calculator: project what a one-time HECM draw costs over 15 years versus gradual withdrawals, and see the 60% first-year cap.
- Reverse Mortgage Equity Calculator
Reverse mortgage equity calculator answering both questions at once: how much equity you need to qualify, and how much you'll have left at years 5, 10, and 15.
- Reverse Mortgage Formula
Reverse mortgage formula, both halves of it: Principal Limit = Maximum Claim Amount × Principal Limit Factor for what you can borrow, and B = P(1+r)^n for how fast the balance compounds. Worked at 5, 10, 15 and 20 years.
What This Author Covers
Every page under this byline covers one of two related topics. The first is forward mortgage amortization: the standard fixed-rate schedule, extra payments, PITI, PMI, recasting, balloon and interest-only loans, term comparisons and refinancing. The second is the reverse mortgage, where the balance grows instead of shrinking: how much a HECM lends under HUD's factor table, its costs, payout options and long-run balance. New calculators are added when real search data shows people looking for a specific scenario this site doesn't yet cover, not on a fixed publishing schedule.
How Each Page Gets Written
The process is the same for every page, regardless of topic: identify a real search query with genuine volume behind it, build or extend a calculator that answers it completely, write the surrounding explanation with concrete worked examples rather than generic advice, verify every number against the site's own calculation engine and against a hand calculation, and cite a primary source (the CFPB, HUD, the Code of Federal Regulations, Freddie Mac's rate survey or Fannie Mae's Selling Guide) for any claim about lending rules or regulations. The full list of sources is kept in a source register and re-checked when a page is revised. Nothing gets published just to fill out a page count.
Why the Math Can Be Trusted
Every calculator on this site runs on one shared engine, not a separate implementation per page — so a formula fix or improvement benefits every page at once, and there's only one place for a bug to hide rather than one per page. That engine was verified against textbook amortization examples before the first page was published, and every new feature (PMI drop-off, biweekly acceleration, recast math, balloon schedules) was checked the same way before shipping.
Corrections and Feedback
Spotted a number that doesn't match your own math, or a claim that needs a source? Every article here is actively maintained, not published once and forgotten. Reach out through the Contact page and corrections typically go live within a few days of being verified.
A Note on Privacy
This byline intentionally keeps personal details generic — you'll find a real name, a real photo, and a documented, consistent editorial process across every page, but not a detailed personal history. What's verifiable is the work itself: every formula, every worked example, and every cited source on this site can be checked independently against the methodology page and against the primary sources linked throughout.
That trade-off is deliberate: rather than asking readers to trust a biography, this site is built so every claim can be checked directly — run the same numbers through the calculator, compare the formula against the methodology page, or follow a citation back to its original source. If those checks hold up consistently across every page, that consistency is the actual credential.