Monthly Damage

October 30, 2015 9:26 AM

Monthly Damage
Are you trying to buy a house? Well, if so, this tells you how much you'll have to pay each month for it, factoring in taxes and loan terms, so you can immediately find out if a house or condo is just too bonkers for you.

Role: developer

posted by ignignokt (5 comments total)

What's the total cost of the loan, the combined interest added on? Might be nice to add a way to capture the data to the clipboard rather than email (maybe as a 'print this' option?) and add the load interest to the principle for a total of what you pay.
posted by rmd1023 at 11:20 AM on October 31, 2015

The "total cost of loan" is the total amount of interest you will pay over the term. That's confusing, so I just renamed it to "total interest."

The clipboard thing is a good idea, given that not everyone emails now. I'll take a shot at it!
posted by ignignokt at 6:17 AM on November 2, 2015

OK, updated with copy-to-clipboard support!

I'll think about fitting in the grand total thing tonight.
posted by ignignokt at 7:28 AM on November 2, 2015

Ha! I love the dilapidated-structure background images. Cool little app.

The plus/minus buttons are teeny-tiny in Chrome on my relatively big-screen'd laptop.
posted by daveliepmann at 6:31 AM on November 3, 2015

It's my little commentary on our local housing market!

Yeah, those +/- buttons are way too tiny. They come from <input type="number">. I'll see if I there's some sorta CSS handle on those.
posted by ignignokt at 9:59 AM on November 3, 2015