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Economics

Loan Interest Rate

Quick fact

A difference of just 1% on a 30-year mortgage on a $300,000 home can add over $50,000 in extra interest payments.

Why this is interesting

You borrow $10,000 and later pay back $14,000—where does that extra $4,000 come from? That's the loan interest rate at work, silently growing every day.