HELOC calculator: the payment jump nobody shows you
Nine numbers in. Sixteen answers out — your credit line, the cheap interest-only payment during the draw period, the bigger principal-and-interest payment after it, and…
Nine numbers in. Sixteen answers out — your credit line, the cheap interest-only payment during the draw period, the bigger principal-and-interest payment after it, and what happens if the rate climbs.
Example numbers are pre-filled so you can see it working. Replace them with yours — everything recalculates as you type.
Your inputs
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Now — interest only
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during the draw period
Later — principal & interest
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once the draw period ends
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Equity & credit line
What a lender will actually offer
Payments & lifetime cost
The two payments every HELOC really has
Consolidation & rate shock
Does it beat the credit card, and what if the rate climbs?
Take these numbers with you
Your result above is already complete and always free. If you want a spreadsheet you can keep and re-run every time your rate moves, we'll send the free starter workbook: the Inputs tab and the Equity & Credit Line tab, 6 live formulas, yours to type your own figures into.
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This page is one slice of it. The paid version is the spreadsheet itself — 16 live cross-sheet formulas, so you change one input and all four tabs recalculate:
Inputs — the nine cells you edit
Equity & Credit Line — 6 results
Payments & Lifetime Cost — 6 results, including the PMT amortisation
Consolidation & Rate Shock — 4 results
Works in Excel, Google Sheets and Numbers. $39, one payment, yours to keep.
A HELOC has two lives. During the draw period you usually pay interest only, so the payment is small. When the draw period ends the balance has to amortise over the repayment period, which adds principal. The "payment jump" line above is exactly that difference.
How much can I borrow?
Lenders cap your combined debt at a share of the home's value (CLTV). Your line is that cap minus what you still owe on the first mortgage — the "Estimated HELOC credit line available" row.
Is a HELOC cheaper than my credit card?
Compare interest, not payments. The consolidation rows put the credit-card interest on your balance against the HELOC interest on the same balance, monthly and yearly.
What if the rate goes up?
Most HELOCs float. Set the stress-test rise to the increase you want to survive and read the stressed interest-only payment and the extra monthly cost.
This is a calculator, not financial advice. Your lender's payoff figure, fees and CLTV cap are the ones that count — check them before you apply.
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