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Dover mortgage calculator
A median-priced Dover, DE home at 6.75% over 30 years, with Delaware property tax of 0.58% and $1,100 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$2,061 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $1,707; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $351,426 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $94,412 ($302,786 in today’s dollars).
Within Delaware, Dover is 2nd of the 3 Delaware markets covered here, between Newark at the top and Wilmington at the bottom of a 1.27x spread. A state-level median hides most of that.
Dover is cheaper than Delaware as a whole — $292,500 against a state median of $375,000, roughly 22% below. On a 20% deposit that is $16,500 less to find up front.
Rents here are high relative to prices — a rent index of 0.85 against a price index of 0.78. That combination favours buying sooner, because the payment you avoid is larger relative to the price you pay.
Monthly cost in Dover vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $292,500 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $29,250 |
| Loan amount | $263,250 |
| Principal & interest | $1,707/mo |
| Property tax (0.58%) | $141/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $92/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $121/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $2,061/mo |
| Comparable rent | $1,445/mo |
What a rate move does to the Dover payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $1,495/mo |
| 6% | $1,578/mo |
| 6.5% | $1,664/mo |
| 7% | $1,751/mo |
| 7.5% | $1,841/mo |
| 8% | $1,932/mo |
Rent or buy in Dover?
Against $1,445 a month in rent, over 7 years renting leaves you about $21,279 better off — $17,902 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the Delaware rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
Delaware medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Dover figures index those state medians to the local market, so they track the same feed rather than going stale. Insurance and the state income tax rate are editorial. Treat everything here as a planning estimate, not a quote.