Payment Shock

Payment shock occurs when the interest rate on an adjustable rate mortgage adjusts upward sharply. If the borrowers are unprepared they may find it difficult or impossible to make the monthly payments on time. Late payments can trigger penalties, more financial challenges and even lead to foreclosure.

In this example, the interest rate is fixed at 7.5% for two years. To illustrate payment shock we'll examine the worst case scenario where in the 2nd month the index rate increases to the maximum interest rate for the loan and stays there for the duration of the mortgage.

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The amortization schedule shows that at the beginning of the third year the interest rate will jump to 13.5% thus increasing the borrowers' minimum monthly principal and interest payment from $1,398 to $2,260, an increase of approximately $862!
 Worst
MonthInterest
Rate
Index
Rate
Payment Interest Principal Balance
17.500%3.000%$1,398$1,250$148$199,852
27.500%13.500%$1,398$1,249$149$199,702
37.500%13.500%$1,398$1,248$150$199,552
47.500%13.500%$1,398$1,247$151$199,401
57.500%13.500%$1,398$1,246$152$199,249
67.500%13.500%$1,398$1,245$153$199,095
77.500%13.500%$1,398$1,244$154$198,941
87.500%13.500%$1,398$1,243$155$198,786
97.500%13.500%$1,398$1,242$156$198,630
107.500%13.500%$1,398$1,241$157$198,473
117.500%13.500%$1,398$1,240$158$198,315
127.500%13.500%$1,398$1,239$159$198,156
Year 1  $16,781$14,937$1,844 
137.500%13.500%$1,398$1,238$160$197,996
147.500%13.500%$1,398$1,237$161$197,835
157.500%13.500%$1,398$1,236$162$197,673
167.500%13.500%$1,398$1,235$163$197,510
177.500%13.500%$1,398$1,234$164$197,346
187.500%13.500%$1,398$1,233$165$197,181
197.500%13.500%$1,398$1,232$166$197,015
207.500%13.500%$1,398$1,231$167$196,848
217.500%13.500%$1,398$1,230$168$196,680
227.500%13.500%$1,398$1,229$169$196,511
237.500%13.500%$1,398$1,228$170$196,341
247.500%13.500%$1,398$1,227$171$196,170
Year 2  $16,781$14,794$1,987 
2513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,207$53$196,117
2613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,206$53$196,064
2713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,206$54$196,010
2813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,205$54$195,955
2913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,204$55$195,900
3013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,204$56$195,844
3113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,203$56$195,788
3213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,203$57$195,731
3313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,202$58$195,674
3413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,201$58$195,615
3513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,201$59$195,556
3613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,200$60$195,497
Year 3  $27,115$26,442$673 
3713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,199$60$195,437
3813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,199$61$195,376
3913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,198$62$195,314
4013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,197$62$195,252
4113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,197$63$195,189
4213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,196$64$195,125
4313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,195$64$195,061
4413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,194$65$194,995
4513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,194$66$194,930
4613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,193$67$194,863
4713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,192$67$194,796
4813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,191$68$194,727
Year 4  $27,115$26,346$769 
4913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,191$69$194,659
5013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,190$70$194,589
5113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,189$70$194,518
5213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,188$71$194,447
5313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,188$72$194,375
5413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,187$73$194,302
5513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,186$74$194,229
5613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,185$75$194,154
5713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,184$75$194,079
5813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,183$76$194,003
5913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,183$77$193,926
6013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,182$78$193,848
Year 5  $27,115$26,235$880 
6113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,181$79$193,769
6213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,180$80$193,689
6313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,179$81$193,609
6413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,178$81$193,527
6513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,177$82$193,445
6613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,176$83$193,361
6713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,175$84$193,277
6813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,174$85$193,192
6913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,173$86$193,106
7013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,172$87$193,019
7113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,171$88$192,930
7213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,170$89$192,841
Year 6  $27,115$26,109$1,006 
7313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,169$90$192,751
7413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,168$91$192,660
7513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,167$92$192,568
7613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,166$93$192,475
7713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,165$94$192,381
7813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,164$95$192,285
7913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,163$96$192,189
8013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,162$97$192,091
8113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,161$99$191,993
8213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,160$100$191,893
8313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,159$101$191,792
8413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,158$102$191,690
Year 7  $27,115$25,964$1,151 
8513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,157$103$191,587
8613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,155$104$191,483
8713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,154$105$191,378
8813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,153$107$191,271
8913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,152$108$191,163
9013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,151$109$191,054
9113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,149$110$190,944
9213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,148$111$190,833
9313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,147$113$190,720
9413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,146$114$190,606
9513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,144$115$190,491
9613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,143$117$190,374
Year 8  $27,115$25,799$1,316 
9713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,142$118$190,256
9813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,140$119$190,137
9913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,139$121$190,017
10013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,138$122$189,895
10113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,136$123$189,772
10213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,135$125$189,647
10313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,134$126$189,521
10413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,132$127$189,393
10513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,131$129$189,264
10613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,129$130$189,134
10713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,128$132$189,002
10813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,126$133$188,869
Year 9  $27,115$25,610$1,505 
10913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,125$135$188,734
11013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,123$136$188,598
11113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,122$138$188,460
11213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,120$139$188,321
11313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,119$141$188,180
11413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,117$143$188,037
11513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,115$144$187,893
11613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,114$146$187,747
11713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,112$147$187,600
11813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,110$149$187,451
11913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,109$151$187,300
12013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,107$152$187,147
Year 10  $27,115$25,393$1,722 
12113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,105$154$186,993
12213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,104$156$186,837
12313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,102$158$186,680
12413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,100$159$186,520
12513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,098$161$186,359
12613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,097$163$186,196
12713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,095$165$186,031
12813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,093$167$185,864
12913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,091$169$185,696
13013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,089$170$185,525
13113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,087$172$185,353
13213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,085$174$185,178
Year 11  $27,115$25,146$1,969 
13313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,083$176$185,002
13413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,081$178$184,824
13513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,079$180$184,644
13613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,077$182$184,461
13713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,075$184$184,277
13813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,073$186$184,090
13913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,071$189$183,902
14013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,069$191$183,711
14113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,067$193$183,518
14213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,065$195$183,323
14313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,062$197$183,126
14413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,060$199$182,927
Year 12  $27,115$24,863$2,252 
14513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,058$202$182,725
14613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,056$204$182,521
14713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,053$206$182,315
14813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,051$209$182,106
14913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,049$211$181,895
15013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,046$213$181,682
15113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,044$216$181,466
15213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,042$218$181,248
15313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,039$221$181,028
15413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,037$223$180,805
15513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,034$226$180,579
15613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,032$228$180,351
Year 13  $27,115$24,540$2,575 
15713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,029$231$180,121
15813.500%13.500%$2,260$2,026$233$179,887
15913.500%13.500%$2,260$2,024$236$179,652
16013.500%13.500%$2,260$2,021$238$179,413
16113.500%13.500%$2,260$2,018$241$179,172
16213.500%13.500%$2,260$2,016$244$178,928
16313.500%13.500%$2,260$2,013$247$178,681
16413.500%13.500%$2,260$2,010$249$178,432
16513.500%13.500%$2,260$2,007$252$178,180
16613.500%13.500%$2,260$2,005$255$177,925
16713.500%13.500%$2,260$2,002$258$177,667
16813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,999$261$177,406
Year 14  $27,115$24,170$2,945 
16913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,996$264$177,142
17013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,993$267$176,875
17113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,990$270$176,606
17213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,987$273$176,333
17313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,984$276$176,057
17413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,981$279$175,778
17513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,978$282$175,496
17613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,974$285$175,211
17713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,971$288$174,922
17813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,968$292$174,631
17913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,965$295$174,336
18013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,961$298$174,037
Year 15  $27,115$23,746$3,369 
18113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,958$302$173,736
18213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,955$305$173,431
18313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,951$308$173,122
18413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,948$312$172,810
18513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,944$315$172,495
18613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,941$319$172,176
18713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,937$323$171,853
18813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,933$326$171,527
18913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,930$330$171,197
19013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,926$334$170,863
19113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,922$337$170,526
19213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,918$341$170,185
Year 16  $27,115$23,262$3,853 
19313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,915$345$169,840
19413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,911$349$169,491
19513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,907$353$169,138
19613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,903$357$168,781
19713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,899$361$168,421
19813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,895$365$168,056
19913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,891$369$167,687
20013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,886$373$167,314
20113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,882$377$166,936
20213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,878$382$166,555
20313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,874$386$166,169
20413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,869$390$165,779
Year 17  $27,115$22,709$4,406 
20513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,865$395$165,384
20613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,861$399$164,985
20713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,856$404$164,582
20813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,852$408$164,174
20913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,847$413$163,761
21013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,842$417$163,344
21113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,838$422$162,922
21213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,833$427$162,495
21313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,828$432$162,064
21413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,823$436$161,627
21513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,818$441$161,186
21613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,813$446$160,740
Year 18  $27,115$22,076$5,039 
21713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,808$451$160,288
21813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,803$456$159,832
21913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,798$461$159,371
22013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,793$467$158,904
22113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,788$472$158,432
22213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,782$477$157,955
22313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,777$483$157,472
22413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,772$488$156,984
22513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,766$494$156,491
22613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,761$499$155,992
22713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,755$505$155,487
22813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,749$510$154,977
Year 19  $27,115$21,352$5,763 
22913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,743$516$154,461
23013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,738$522$153,939
23113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,732$528$153,411
23213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,726$534$152,877
23313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,720$540$152,337
23413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,714$546$151,792
23513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,708$552$151,240
23613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,701$558$150,682
23713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,695$564$150,117
23813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,689$571$149,546
23913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,682$577$148,969
24013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,676$584$148,386
Year 20  $27,115$20,524$6,591 
24113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,669$590$147,795
24213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,663$597$147,198
24313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,656$604$146,595
24413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,649$610$145,985
24513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,642$617$145,367
24613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,635$624$144,743
24713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,628$631$144,112
24813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,621$638$143,474
24913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,614$646$142,828
25013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,607$653$142,175
25113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,599$660$141,515
25213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,592$668$140,848
Year 21  $27,115$19,577$7,538 
25313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,585$675$140,173
25413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,577$683$139,490
25513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,569$690$138,800
25613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,562$698$138,102
25713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,554$706$137,396
25813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,546$714$136,682
25913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,538$722$135,960
26013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,530$730$135,230
26113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,521$738$134,492
26213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,513$747$133,745
26313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,505$755$132,990
26413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,496$763$132,227
Year 22  $27,115$18,494$8,621 
26513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,488$772$131,455
26613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,479$781$130,674
26713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,470$790$129,884
26813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,461$798$129,086
26913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,452$807$128,279
27013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,443$816$127,462
27113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,434$826$126,637
27213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,425$835$125,802
27313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,415$844$124,957
27413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,406$854$124,103
27513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,396$863$123,240
27613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,386$873$122,367
Year 23  $27,115$17,255$9,860 
27713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,377$883$121,484
27813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,367$893$120,591
27913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,357$903$119,688
28013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,346$913$118,775
28113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,336$923$117,852
28213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,326$934$116,918
28313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,315$944$115,974
28413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,305$955$115,019
28513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,294$966$114,053
28613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,283$976$113,077
28713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,272$987$112,089
28813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,261$999$111,091
Year 24  $27,115$15,839$11,276 
28913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,250$1,010$110,081
29013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,238$1,021$109,060
29113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,227$1,033$108,027
29213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,215$1,044$106,983
29313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,204$1,056$105,927
29413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,192$1,068$104,859
29513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,180$1,080$103,779
29613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,168$1,092$102,687
29713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,155$1,104$101,583
29813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,143$1,117$100,466
29913.500%13.500%$2,260$1,130$1,129$99,336
30013.500%13.500%$2,260$1,118$1,142$98,194
Year 25  $27,115$14,219$12,896 
30113.500%13.500%$2,260$1,105$1,155$97,039
30213.500%13.500%$2,260$1,092$1,168$95,872
30313.500%13.500%$2,260$1,079$1,181$94,691
30413.500%13.500%$2,260$1,065$1,194$93,496
30513.500%13.500%$2,260$1,052$1,208$92,288
30613.500%13.500%$2,260$1,038$1,221$91,067
30713.500%13.500%$2,260$1,025$1,235$89,832
30813.500%13.500%$2,260$1,011$1,249$88,583
30913.500%13.500%$2,260$997$1,263$87,320
31013.500%13.500%$2,260$982$1,277$86,043
31113.500%13.500%$2,260$968$1,292$84,751
31213.500%13.500%$2,260$953$1,306$83,445
Year 26  $27,115$12,366$14,749 
31313.500%13.500%$2,260$939$1,321$82,124
31413.500%13.500%$2,260$924$1,336$80,789
31513.500%13.500%$2,260$909$1,351$79,438
31613.500%13.500%$2,260$894$1,366$78,072
31713.500%13.500%$2,260$878$1,381$76,691
31813.500%13.500%$2,260$863$1,397$75,294
31913.500%13.500%$2,260$847$1,413$73,881
32013.500%13.500%$2,260$831$1,428$72,453
32113.500%13.500%$2,260$815$1,444$71,009
32213.500%13.500%$2,260$799$1,461$69,548
32313.500%13.500%$2,260$782$1,477$68,071
32413.500%13.500%$2,260$766$1,494$66,577
Year 27  $27,115$10,247$16,868 
32513.500%13.500%$2,260$749$1,511$65,066
32613.500%13.500%$2,260$732$1,528$63,539
32713.500%13.500%$2,260$715$1,545$61,994
32813.500%13.500%$2,260$697$1,562$60,432
32913.500%13.500%$2,260$680$1,580$58,852
33013.500%13.500%$2,260$662$1,597$57,255
33113.500%13.500%$2,260$644$1,615$55,639
33213.500%13.500%$2,260$626$1,634$54,005
33313.500%13.500%$2,260$608$1,652$52,353
33413.500%13.500%$2,260$589$1,671$50,683
33513.500%13.500%$2,260$570$1,689$48,993
33613.500%13.500%$2,260$551$1,708$47,285
Year 28  $27,115$7,823$19,292 
33713.500%13.500%$2,260$532$1,728$45,557
33813.500%13.500%$2,260$513$1,747$43,810
33913.500%13.500%$2,260$493$1,767$42,044
34013.500%13.500%$2,260$473$1,787$40,257
34113.500%13.500%$2,260$453$1,807$38,450
34213.500%13.500%$2,260$433$1,827$36,623
34313.500%13.500%$2,260$412$1,848$34,776
34413.500%13.500%$2,260$391$1,868$32,907
34513.500%13.500%$2,260$370$1,889$31,018
34613.500%13.500%$2,260$349$1,911$29,107
34713.500%13.500%$2,260$327$1,932$27,175
34813.500%13.500%$2,260$306$1,954$25,221
Year 29  $27,115$5,051$22,064 
34913.500%13.500%$2,260$284$1,976$23,246
35013.500%13.500%$2,260$262$1,998$21,248
35113.500%13.500%$2,260$239$2,021$19,227
35213.500%13.500%$2,260$216$2,043$17,184
35313.500%13.500%$2,260$193$2,066$15,117
35413.500%13.500%$2,260$170$2,090$13,028
35513.500%13.500%$2,260$147$2,113$10,915
35613.500%13.500%$2,260$123$2,137$8,778
35713.500%13.500%$2,260$99$2,161$6,617
35813.500%13.500%$2,260$74$2,185$4,432
35913.500%13.500%$2,260$50$2,210$2,222
36013.500%13.500%$2,247$25$2,222$0
Year 30  $27,103$1,881$25,221 
Grand
Total
    $792,769 $592,769 $200,000 

Mortgage Calculator - Help

Amortization Schedule
The amortization schedule show you how monthly principal and interest payment and principal balances change over the life of your loan.
Floor Rate
Floor rate is the minimum interest rate for an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM).
Index Rate
Rate Adjustment on ARMs are based on the index rate, the margin, the adjustment schedule, interest rate caps, and floor rate specified in your loan documents. Index rates change over time. They should be published and widely available. Common indexes used for setting mortgage rates have include the Prime Rate, Libor (London Interbank Offer Rate) and U.S. Treasury Rates.
Interest
The portion of your mortgage payment that is due to the interest rate being applied to the principal balance. The Total Interest for a mortgage is the sum of all interest paid over the life of a loan.
Interest Rate Adjustments
The interest rate changes on an adjustable rate mortage (ARM) during adjustment periods specified in your loan documents. Your interest rate may have a fixed period where it does not change followed by adjustements on a regularly scheduled basis. For example, the interest rate on a mortgage could be fixed for 2 years followed by adjustments every 6 months.
Interest Rate Caps
Limits how much your interest rate can be increased during each adjustment period for an ARM. The cap for the first adjustment period may be different than the cap on subsequent adjustments. There also may be a maximim overall cap on interest rate increases during the life of your loan.
Interest Rate Scenarios
To decide if an adjustable rate mortgage is right for you, you should how changes in interest rates will effect the mortgage. The adjustable rate mortgage calculator shows you how your payment changes in the best case where rates are set at the minimum for your mortgage, the worst case where rates are set at the maximum for your mortgage, and the stable case where rates remain constant for your mortgage.
Loan Amount
The initial principal balance or your mortgage at closing.
Margin
When an ARM adjusts the margin is added to the index rate to help determine your interest rate. Interest rate caps and the floor rate for your mortgage may limit how much your actual interest rate changes. The margin typically is fixed for the life of the loan. It should be clearly specified in your loan documents.
Payment Shock
Occurs when the required minimum payment for a mortgage increases significantly. This can occur on adjustable rate mortgage when interest rates rise sharply, on interest-only mortgages when the interest-only period ends, and on balloon mortgages when the balloon payment is due.
Principal
The portion of your mortgage payment that is used to pay down the current balance of your mortgage. The principal balance represents how much you owe on the mortgage.
Start Rate
The initial interest rate on an Adjustable Rate Mortgage.
Term
The amortization term is one of the key factors that determine your required mortgage payment. Your required mortgage payment for fully amortizing mortgages is the amount that would result in the mortgage being closest to being paid off by the end of the amortization term. Longer amortization terms result in lower required mortgage payments for fully amortizating mortgages, all other things being equal.