Your amortization schedule provides you with a wide range of information about the mortgage that you are taking on. This information may not seem important right now, but when you use it to help you find the best rates available and the best mortgage for you, you can actually profit from taking a good look at the schedule in front of you. Will it matter in the long run? That depends on how you use it.
How To Use This Tool Effectively
The amortization schedule provides you with a good wealth of information. It tells you how much you will pay for your mortgage with interest applied to it. Unless you are a wiz at math (and really you have to be very good to figure this out) you need it to know where the money you send in for your mortgage is going. This is critical because you need to see not only that you are paying off your home but that the bank is getting a huge cut of that check each month.
But, there is more to it than just that. You can use the schedule to help you to find the right mortgage for you. For example, if you planned to purchase a home for $200,000, how would you know how much the payment amount will be a month? Most people have no...