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Durham mortgage calculator
A median-priced Durham, NC home at 6.75% over 30 years, with North Carolina property tax of 0.8% and $2,000 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$2,753 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $2,183; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $449,345 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $111,734 ($375,945 in today’s dollars).
Within North Carolina, Durham is 4th of the 6 North Carolina markets covered here, between Asheville at the top and Winston-Salem at the bottom of a 1.73x spread. A state-level median hides most of that.
Durham carries a premium over the rest of North Carolina: a median home here runs $374,000, about 10% above the state median of $340,000. The deposit moves with it, so the same 20% down is $74,800 rather than $68,000.
Rents here are high relative to prices — a rent index of 1.15 against a price index of 1.10. That combination favours buying sooner, because the payment you avoid is larger relative to the price you pay.
Monthly cost in Durham vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $374,000 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $37,400 |
| Loan amount | $336,600 |
| Principal & interest | $2,183/mo |
| Property tax (0.8%) | $249/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $167/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $154/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $2,753/mo |
| Comparable rent | $1,897/mo |
What a rate move does to the Durham payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $1,911/mo |
| 6% | $2,018/mo |
| 6.5% | $2,128/mo |
| 7% | $2,239/mo |
| 7.5% | $2,354/mo |
| 8% | $2,470/mo |
Rent or buy in Durham?
Against $1,897 a month in rent, over 7 years renting leaves you about $35,068 better off — $29,502 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the North Carolina rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
North Carolina medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Durham 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.