Down Payment Savings Calculator

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Down Payment Savings Calculator

Estimate how long it will take to save for a down payment, or how much you need to save each month to reach your goal.

Home Purchase Price ($)

Down Payment Percentage (%)

Current Savings ($)

Monthly Savings Contribution ($)

Annual Return on Savings (%)

Closing Costs (% of Home Price)

Calculate

function dowCalc() { var resultDiv = document.getElementById('dow-result');

var homePrice = parseFloat(document.getElementById('dow-home-price').value); var downPct = parseFloat(document.getElementById('dow-down-pct').value); var currentSavings = parseFloat(document.getElementById('dow-current-savings').value); var monthlyContrib = parseFloat(document.getElementById('dow-monthly-contribution').value); var annualReturn = parseFloat(document.getElementById('dow-annual-return').value); var closingCostsPct = parseFloat(document.getElementById('dow-closing-costs-pct').value);

// --- Validation --- if (isNaN(homePrice) || homePrice Please enter a valid home purchase price greater than 0.'; return; } if (isNaN(downPct) || downPct 100) { resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = 'Down payment percentage must be between 0 and 100.'; return; } if (isNaN(currentSavings) || currentSavings Current savings cannot be negative.'; return; } if (isNaN(monthlyContrib) || monthlyContrib Monthly contribution cannot be negative.'; return; } if (isNaN(annualReturn) || annualReturn 30) { resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = 'Annual return must be between 0% and 30%.'; return; } if (isNaN(closingCostsPct) || closingCostsPct 10) { resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = 'Closing costs percentage must be between 0% and 10%.'; return; }

// --- Core Calculations --- var downPaymentNeeded = homePrice * (downPct / 100); var closingCosts = homePrice * (closingCostsPct / 100); var totalGoal = downPaymentNeeded + closingCosts; var monthlyRate = annualReturn / 100 / 12;

// Check if already at or above goal if (currentSavings >= totalGoal) { resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = '### You Already Have Enough! ' + '' + 'Down Payment Required$' + fmt(downPaymentNeeded) + '' + 'Estimated Closing Costs$' + fmt(closingCosts) + '' + 'Total Savings Goal$' + fmt(totalGoal) + '' + 'Current Savings$' + fmt(currentSavings) + '' + 'Surplus$' + fmt(currentSavings - totalGoal) + '' + ''; return; }

var remaining = totalGoal - currentSavings;

// --- Time to Goal (Future Value of annuity + lump sum) --- // FV = PV(1+r)^n + PMT[((1+r)^n - 1)/r] (if r > 0) // FV = PV + PMT*n (if r == 0) // Solve for n numerically (months) var months = 0; var maxMonths = 1200; // 100 years cap

if (monthlyContrib === 0 && monthlyRate === 0) { resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = 'With no monthly contribution and 0% return, the goal cannot be reached. Please add a monthly contribution.'; return; }

if (monthlyRate === 0) { // Simple: n = remaining / PMT months = Math.ceil(remaining / monthlyContrib); } else { // Solve: totalGoal = currentSavings(1+r)^n + PMT[((1+r)^n-1)/r] // Rearranged: (totalGoal - PMT/r) = (currentSavings - PMT/r)*(1+r)^n // n = ln((totalGoal - PMT/r)/(currentSavings - PMT/r)) / ln(1+r) var pmtOverR = monthlyContrib / monthlyRate; var numerator = totalGoal - pmtOverR; var denominator = currentSavings - pmtOverR;

if (denominator === 0) { // Edge case: contribution exactly offsets interest on deficit months = Math.ceil(remaining / monthlyContrib); } else if (numerator / denominator maxMonths || months With the current contribution, the goal would take over 100 years. Please increase your monthly savings.'; return; }

// --- Final FV at calculated months --- var finalFV; if (monthlyRate === 0) { finalFV = currentSavings + monthlyContrib * months; } else { finalFV = currentSavings * Math.pow(1 + monthlyRate, months) + monthlyContrib * ((Math.pow(1 + monthlyRate, months) - 1) / monthlyRate); }

// --- Required Monthly Contribution to reach goal in user-specified time --- // (reverse: given n, solve for PMT) // We'll show required monthly savings for 1, 2, 3, 5 year targets function requiredPMT(n) { if (n 0) timeStr += years + ' year' + (years !== 1 ? 's' : ''); if (years > 0 && remMonths > 0) timeStr += ' and '; if (remMonths > 0) timeStr += remMonths + ' month' + (remMonths !== 1 ? 's' : '');

var totalContributed = monthlyContrib * months; var interestEarned = finalFV - currentSavings - totalContributed;

// Savings targets table var targets = [12, 24, 36, 60]; var targetRows = ''; for (var i = 0; i = 0) { targetRows += '' + label + '$' + fmt(pmt) + '/mo'; } else { targetRows += '' + label + 'Already funded'; } }

resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = '### Down Payment Savings Results ' + '' + 'Home Purchase Price$' + fmt(homePrice) + '' + 'Down Payment (' + downPct + '%)$' + fmt(downPaymentNeeded) + '' + 'Estimated Closing Costs (' + closingCostsPct + '%)$' + fmt(closingCosts) + '' + 'Total Savings Goal$' + fmt(totalGoal) + '' + 'Current Savings$' + fmt(currentSavings) + '' + 'Remaining to Save$' + fmt(remaining) + '' + 'Monthly Contribution$' + fmt(monthlyContrib) + '' + 'Annual Return on Savings' + annualReturn + '%' + 'Time to Reach Goal' + timeStr + ' (' + months + ' months)' + 'Total Contributions$' + fmt(totalContributed) + '' + 'Interest Earned$' + fmt(interestEarned) + '' + 'Projected Savings at Goal Date$' + fmt(finalFV) + '' + '' + '#### Required Monthly Savings by Target Date ' + '' + 'Target TimelineRequired Monthly Savings' + targetRows + ''; }

function fmt(n) { if (isNaN(n) || !isFinite(n)) return '—'; return n.toLocaleString('en-US', {minimumFractionDigits: 2, maximumFractionDigits: 2}); }

#### Formulas Used

Total Savings Goal: Total Goal = (Home Price × Down Payment %) + (Home Price × Closing Costs %)

Future Value of Savings (compound interest + regular contributions): FV = PV × (1 + r)n + PMT × [((1 + r)n − 1) / r]

Where: PV = current savings, r = monthly interest rate (annual rate ÷ 12), n = number of months, PMT = monthly contribution

Months to Reach Goal (solved analytically): n = ln[(Goal − PMT/r) / (PV − PMT/r)] / ln(1 + r)

Required Monthly Contribution for a Fixed Timeline: PMT = (Goal − PV × (1 + r)n) / [((1 + r)n − 1) / r]

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