Debt, in time

Your debt-free date, and what a little more each month buys back

A balance of £3,800 is a number. Three and a half years is a stretch of your life. CoreFi draws every debt as the time it has left, and shows how much of it £100 a month more would give back.

Debt, in timeInterest on the card and the loan: £4.37$4.37 a day

  • Credit card £3,800$3,8001 year 7 months sooner
  • Car loan £8,200$8,2006 months sooner
  • Mortgage £186,000$186,0004 years sooner with £150$150 more

£100$100 a month more clears the card and the loan in 2 years 6 months instead of 3 years 6 months, and saves £1,444$1,444 of interest.

An invented household, for illustration

Every debt on one line of years

Cards, loans, car finance and the mortgage, each drawn from today to the month it would be cleared at what you pay now. Interest is worked out month by month on the balance that remains, at each facility's own rate, so a card at 24.9% and a loan at 7.9% run down at very different speeds.

Alongside it, what the interest costs you each day, which is often the figure that changes how a balance feels.

What paying more changes

Add an amount each month and CoreFi works out where it goes and what it saves. Pointed at the highest rate first (the avalanche) it saves the most interest; pointed at the smallest balance first (the snowball) it clears whole debts soonest. Both are shown, with the months and the pounds each one saves.

For a mortgage, the same question is how many years an overpayment takes off the term and how much interest it saves, before any early repayment charge your lender sets.

Questions

What is the difference between the avalanche and the snowball?

The avalanche pays extra towards the highest interest rate first, which costs the least interest overall. The snowball pays the smallest balance first, which clears individual debts sooner. CoreFi shows both with your own balances.

Does it include my mortgage?

Yes, as its own line, with what an overpayment would take off the term. Check your mortgage terms for any limit on overpayments or early repayment charges before making one.

See your own money this way

CoreFi works this out from your own accounts, alongside everything else you own and owe. Join the waitlist and we will email you when it opens.

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The figures on this page are an invented household’s, worked out by the same engines the app uses. They illustrate arithmetic and published rules; they are not advice, a recommendation or a personal tax calculation. CoreFi is a trading name of JG Core Ltd (company 16218779).