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Grand Rapids mortgage calculator
A median-priced Grand Rapids, MI home at 6.75% over 30 years, with Michigan property tax of 1.38% and $1,900 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$2,193 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $1,605; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $330,401 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $74,580 ($267,948 in today’s dollars).
Within Michigan, Grand Rapids is 2nd of the 5 Michigan markets covered here, between Ann Arbor at the top and Detroit at the bottom of a 4.38x spread. A state-level median hides most of that.
Grand Rapids carries a premium over the rest of Michigan: a median home here runs $275,000, about 10% above the state median of $250,000. The deposit moves with it, so the same 20% down is $55,000 rather than $50,000.
A price-to-rent ratio of 15.4 puts Grand Rapids in the middle of the range, where the rent-vs-buy answer is decided by how long you stay and what the deposit would otherwise earn.
Monthly cost in Grand Rapids vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $275,000 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $27,500 |
| Loan amount | $247,500 |
| Principal & interest | $1,605/mo |
| Property tax (1.38%) | $316/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $158/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $113/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $2,193/mo |
| Comparable rent | $1,485/mo |
What a rate move does to the Grand Rapids payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $1,405/mo |
| 6% | $1,484/mo |
| 6.5% | $1,564/mo |
| 7% | $1,647/mo |
| 7.5% | $1,731/mo |
| 8% | $1,816/mo |
Rent or buy in Grand Rapids?
Against $1,485 a month in rent, over 7 years renting leaves you about $34,726 better off — $29,213 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the Michigan rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
Michigan medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Grand Rapids 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.