How to Use the Loan Early Repayment Calculator
Enter your loan start date and the penalty-free period specified in your loan agreement. The calculator shows the exact date from which you can repay early without facing a prepayment penalty, and tells you how many days remain until that date.
Most mortgages and personal loans carry a prepayment penalty for the first 1 to 5 years. After that period, you can pay off the remaining balance at any time. If the penalty-free date has already passed, this calculator confirms you are in the clear right now.
If you have extra cash and are considering early repayment, use this tool to check whether a small wait could save you a penalty. For loans with a soft prepayment penalty — which applies only on refinancing — early repayment for other reasons may already be penalty-free regardless of timing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Enter 5 years as your penalty-free period to find the date after which no penalty applies at all. If you repay in years 4–5, you would still face the 1% penalty — the tool does not calculate partial penalties.
Use the start date of the current loan agreement — the refinanced loan. Prepayment penalty clocks reset when you refinance.
Check Section 2 or the "Prepayment" clause of your promissory note or loan agreement. The CFPB also requires lenders to disclose prepayment penalties in the Loan Estimate form.