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Fargo mortgage calculator
A median-priced Fargo, ND home at 6.75% over 30 years, with North Dakota property tax of 0.98% and $2,100 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$2,012 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $1,518; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $312,379 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $29,364 ($193,574 in today’s dollars).
Within North Dakota, Fargo is the most expensive of the 3 North Dakota markets covered here. Prices here run 1.18x those in Grand Forks, the cheapest market listed, so a statewide average badly understates what a purchase costs on this side of the state.
Rents here are high relative to prices — a rent index of 1.05 against a price index of 1.00. That combination favours buying sooner, because the payment you avoid is larger relative to the price you pay.
A price-to-rent ratio of 17.9 puts Fargo 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 Fargo vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $260,000 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $26,000 |
| Loan amount | $234,000 |
| Principal & interest | $1,518/mo |
| Property tax (0.98%) | $212/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $175/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $107/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $2,012/mo |
| Comparable rent | $1,208/mo |
What a rate move does to the Fargo payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $1,329/mo |
| 6% | $1,403/mo |
| 6.5% | $1,479/mo |
| 7% | $1,557/mo |
| 7.5% | $1,636/mo |
| 8% | $1,717/mo |
Rent or buy in Fargo?
Against $1,208 a month in rent, over 7 years renting leaves you about $48,716 better off — $40,983 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the North Dakota rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
North Dakota medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Fargo 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.