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Lowell mortgage calculator
A median-priced Lowell, MA home at 6.75% over 30 years, with Massachusetts property tax of 1.14% and $1,700 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$3,875 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $3,027; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $622,956 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $177,697 ($554,629 in today’s dollars).
Within Massachusetts, Lowell is 3rd of the 5 Massachusetts markets covered here, between Cambridge at the top and Springfield at the bottom of a 3.36x spread. A state-level median hides most of that.
Lowell is cheaper than Massachusetts as a whole — $518,500 against a state median of $610,000, roughly 15% below. On a 20% deposit that is $18,300 less to find up front.
Rents here are high relative to prices — a rent index of 0.95 against a price index of 0.85. That combination favours buying sooner, because the payment you avoid is larger relative to the price you pay.
Monthly cost in Lowell vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $518,500 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $51,850 |
| Loan amount | $466,650 |
| Principal & interest | $3,027/mo |
| Property tax (1.14%) | $493/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $142/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $214/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $3,875/mo |
| Comparable rent | $2,755/mo |
What a rate move does to the Lowell payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $2,650/mo |
| 6% | $2,798/mo |
| 6.5% | $2,950/mo |
| 7% | $3,105/mo |
| 7.5% | $3,263/mo |
| 8% | $3,424/mo |
Rent or buy in Lowell?
Against $2,755 a month in rent, over 7 years renting leaves you about $40,605 better off — $34,159 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the Massachusetts rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
Massachusetts medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Lowell 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.