📊 Mortgage Payment Calculator · 2026

$1000,000 Mortgage
at 5.5% Interest Rate

5.5% is excellent — historically low
Monthly payment, 15 vs 30 year comparison, total interest, and what salary you need to qualify.
Monthly P&I Payment · 5.5% · 30-Year · 20% Down
$4,542
Loan amount: $800,000 · Down payment: $200,000
$200,000
Down (20%)
$835,120
Total Interest
$1,635,120
Total Paid (30yr)
$195K+
Salary Needed

15-Year vs 30-Year at 5.5%

30-Year Fixed
$4,542/mo
Total: $1,635,120
Interest: $835,120
15-Year Fixed
$6,537/mo
Total: $1,176,660
Save: $458,460 in interest

How 5.5% Compares to Other Rates

Data Table
RateMonthly PaymentTotal Interest (30yr)vs 5.5%
→ 5.5%$4,542/mo$835,232← You are here

Banker's Take on 5.5%

This is a great rate by any historical standard. If you can lock this in, do it. At 5.5%, your monthly payment on a $1000K home is $4,542. Over 30 years, you'll pay the bank $835,120 in interest alone — 104% of what you borrowed.

To qualify, most lenders want your total monthly debt (including this payment) to stay under 43% of your gross monthly income. That means earning at least $195K/year with no other significant debt.

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Prices and rates are widely reported. Whether a lender says yes is not. In the complete 2025 federal record, denial rates across the 100 largest FHA lenders ran from 1.8% to 78.7% — same programme, same year.

And it is not simply who applies where: standardizing on state, loan amount, income, debt-to-income and loan-to-value, applicant mix explains only a 2.7× range in expected outcomes.

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