Thread: Help with mortgage calculator

I have to make a program that calculates how long it will take to pay off a 350,000 mortgage, and how much is paid out each month until the balance is zero. I used a while loop that counts down correctly, until the last payment. The monthly pay rate is 2225, and the last payment is about 1600...so when it does that part, the balance becomes something like -566 (which really means a credit balance). How do I fix this thing from going over so to speak (in other words, how do I get it to deal with the overpayment for the last month?)

Source code (some of these variables I have yet to use, I'm just trying to get this calculation part down):

#include <iostream.h>
#include <iomanip.h>

int main()
{
int balance, months, years, count, pay;
float interest, amt, lastamt, total, mort;

count = 0;
total = 350000;
pay = 2225;
mort = 350000;
interest = .065;

while(mort>0){
mort = mort + (mort * (interest/12)) - pay;
count = count++;

cout << "mortage is: \n" << mort << endl;
}

return 0;

I don't get it, do you want to give the person $566 back? Might help more if I understood mortgages more, but I don't get what you're trying to ask.

~ Paul

dont get it either, but this will stop the negative number...

Code:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <iomanip.h>

int main()
{
int balance, months, years, count, pay;
float interest, amt, lastamt, total, mort;

count = 0;
total = 350000;
pay = 2225;
mort = 350000;
interest = .065;

while(mort>0 && pay <= mort){


mort = mort + (mort * (interest/12)) - pay;
count = count++;

cout << "mortage is: \n" << mort << endl;

}

return 0;
}

Or if you want to give them their $566 back, take the last number and multiply by -1.

Here's the assignment in her words (she's a real pain in the ass, and she doesnt teach the material very well...I have half a notebook of notes, she barely lets us touch the computers):

Use a while loop in this program.

Write a program which will determine the number of months and years it
will take to pay off a $350,000 mortgage at 6.5% per year interest rate if
monthly payments are $2,225.
Output : the time it takes in months and years to pay off the mortgage
the total interest paid over the time of the loan
the amount of the last payment

Warning. Make sure you update statistics for the last payment.