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Real Numbers: Amortized Mortgage vs. Daily-Balance Interest

Real Numbers: Amortized Mortgage vs. Daily-Balance Interest

Chris Attaway
Published on: 28/09/2026

In the first 10 years of a typical 30-year mortgage, about 80% of your principal and interest payments go to interest. Here's why daily-balance interest works so differently, with real numbers.

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