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Home calculators.

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Buying a home

Home affordability

Find a home budget that fits your income, monthly expenses, and cash on hand.

Buying a home

Mortgage payment

See your real monthly payment, including taxes, insurance, HOA, and PMI.

Buying a home

PMI estimate

Estimate private mortgage insurance and see how down payment affects loan-to-value.

Buying a home

Closing costs

Plan the cash you need for a down payment, closing fees, prepaids, and reserves.

Buying a home

Rent vs buy

Compare home equity with the savings you could invest while renting.

Home projects

Flooring

Measure your rooms, add a waste allowance, and estimate flooring and installation costs.

Home projects

Paint

Estimate paint for your walls and ceilings, with doors and windows taken out.

Home projects

Room area

Find the area of a rectangular room from your measurements.

Home projects

Square footage

Calculate total square footage across identical spaces, in feet or feet and inches.

Home projects

Drywall

Estimate wall and ceiling sheets with common sizes and a waste allowance.

Renovating

Renovation cost

Build a renovation budget with editable project scope, finish level, labor, and contingency.

Owning a home

Mortgage payoff

Estimate a payoff month and compare monthly, annual, and one-time extra principal payments.

Owning a home

Extra mortgage payments

Compare extra principal amounts and see how much time and interest they can save.

Owning a home

Pay extra or invest?

Compare earlier mortgage payoff with investing the same monthly cash budget.

Project materials

Concrete

Estimate slabs, footings, walls, columns, circular slabs, and post holes in bags or cubic yards.

Outdoor projects

Mulch

Estimate mulch volume, purchase quantities, and material costs from your area and depth.

Outdoor projects

Gravel

Estimate gravel volume, purchase quantities, and material costs from your area and depth.

Outdoor projects

Topsoil

Estimate topsoil volume, purchase quantities, and material costs from your area and depth.

Exterior projects

Roofing

Estimate pitched roof area, roofing squares, bundles, and underlayment.

Project geometry

Stairs

Explore stair risers, treads, run, angle, and stringer geometry.

Outdoor projects

Fence

Estimate fence posts, panels, pickets, rails, and post-hole concrete.

Renovating

Tile

Estimate tile counts, boxes, grout spacing, and a waste allowance for floors, walls, and backsplashes.

Outdoor projects

Deck materials

Estimate decking boards, joists, support posts, fasteners, and concrete.

Outdoor projects

Sod

Estimate lawn area, sod pieces, waste, and cost across multiple lawn sections.

Outdoor projects

Pavers

Estimate pavers, base gravel, bedding sand, and material costs for a patio or path.

Renovating

Wallpaper

Estimate whole wallpaper rolls using wall height, roll size, and pattern-repeat losses.

Exterior projects

Siding

Estimate exterior siding area, gables, whole packages, and material costs.

Energy & comfort

Insulation

Estimate insulation quantities, target thickness, cavity fit, and material cost.

Energy & comfort

HVAC / BTU

Explore approximate heating and cooling loads with clearly labeled rule-of-thumb assumptions.

Energy & comfort

Electricity cost

Estimate electricity consumption and monthly running costs from watts, usage, and your local rate.

Energy & comfort

Appliance energy cost

Estimate electricity consumption and monthly running costs from watts, usage, and your local rate.

Owning a home

Home equity

Estimate your equity, loan-to-value, and net equity after modeled selling costs.

Owning a home

Property tax

Estimate annual and monthly tax using assessed value, exemptions, and a combined local rate.

Owning a home

True monthly home cost

Budget beyond the mortgage with taxes, insurance, HOA, maintenance, and utilities.