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Should I Use a HELOC to Pay Off Debt? for Cleves, Ohio

Compare paying off car loans and credit cards as they are with rolling them into a home equity line.

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Boat or RV loan
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Credit card 1
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Credit card 2
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Example using typical numbers. Change any value to see your own.

Keeping your current debts saves you $5,766.00 in total.

Comparison
Current debts HELOC
Amount owed $30,000.00 $30,500.00
Monthly payment $820.00 $374.09
Interest rate 13.26% average 8.25%
Time until debt-free 4 years 2 months 10 years
Total interest $9,124.84 $14,390.84
Closing costs paid in cash $0.00 $0.00
Total you pay $39,124.84 $44,890.84
Your debts as they are
Balance Rate Payment Paid off in
Auto loan $18,000.00 7.5% $450.00 3 years 11 months
Credit card 1 $8,000.00 22.9% $250.00 4 years 2 months
Credit card 2 $4,000.00 19.9% $120.00 4 years 1 month
Remaining balance

Under current federal tax law, interest on a home equity loan or line is only deductible when the money is used to buy, build or substantially improve your home, so paying off other debts with a HELOC usually brings no tax savings.

A HELOC is secured by your home and most have variable rates. If the rate rises your payment does too, and missed payments put the house at risk.

HELOC schedule
By year
YearPaidInterestPrincipalBalance
1$4,489.08$2,439.92$2,049.16$28,450.84
2$4,489.08$2,264.32$2,224.76$26,226.08
3$4,489.08$2,073.66$2,415.42$23,810.66
4$4,489.08$1,866.70$2,622.38$21,188.28
5$4,489.08$1,641.98$2,847.10$18,341.18
6$4,489.08$1,398.00$3,091.08$15,250.10
7$4,489.08$1,133.11$3,355.97$11,894.13
8$4,489.08$845.52$3,643.56$8,250.57
9$4,489.08$533.30$3,955.78$4,294.79
10$4,489.12$194.33$4,294.79$0.00
Every payment
MonthPaymentInterestPrincipalBalance
1$374.09$209.69$164.40$30,335.60
2$374.09$208.56$165.53$30,170.07
3$374.09$207.42$166.67$30,003.40
4$374.09$206.27$167.82$29,835.58
5$374.09$205.12$168.97$29,666.61
6$374.09$203.96$170.13$29,496.48
7$374.09$202.79$171.30$29,325.18
8$374.09$201.61$172.48$29,152.70
9$374.09$200.42$173.67$28,979.03
10$374.09$199.23$174.86$28,804.17
11$374.09$198.03$176.06$28,628.11
12$374.09$196.82$177.27$28,450.84
13$374.09$195.60$178.49$28,272.35
14$374.09$194.37$179.72$28,092.63
15$374.09$193.14$180.95$27,911.68
16$374.09$191.89$182.20$27,729.48
17$374.09$190.64$183.45$27,546.03
18$374.09$189.38$184.71$27,361.32
19$374.09$188.11$185.98$27,175.34
20$374.09$186.83$187.26$26,988.08
21$374.09$185.54$188.55$26,799.53
22$374.09$184.25$189.84$26,609.69
23$374.09$182.94$191.15$26,418.54
24$374.09$181.63$192.46$26,226.08
25$374.09$180.30$193.79$26,032.29
26$374.09$178.97$195.12$25,837.17
27$374.09$177.63$196.46$25,640.71
28$374.09$176.28$197.81$25,442.90
29$374.09$174.92$199.17$25,243.73
30$374.09$173.55$200.54$25,043.19
31$374.09$172.17$201.92$24,841.27
32$374.09$170.78$203.31$24,637.96
33$374.09$169.39$204.70$24,433.26
34$374.09$167.98$206.11$24,227.15
35$374.09$166.56$207.53$24,019.62
36$374.09$165.13$208.96$23,810.66
37$374.09$163.70$210.39$23,600.27
38$374.09$162.25$211.84$23,388.43
39$374.09$160.80$213.29$23,175.14
40$374.09$159.33$214.76$22,960.38
41$374.09$157.85$216.24$22,744.14
42$374.09$156.37$217.72$22,526.42
43$374.09$154.87$219.22$22,307.20
44$374.09$153.36$220.73$22,086.47
45$374.09$151.84$222.25$21,864.22
46$374.09$150.32$223.77$21,640.45
47$374.09$148.78$225.31$21,415.14
48$374.09$147.23$226.86$21,188.28
49$374.09$145.67$228.42$20,959.86
50$374.09$144.10$229.99$20,729.87
51$374.09$142.52$231.57$20,498.30
52$374.09$140.93$233.16$20,265.14
53$374.09$139.32$234.77$20,030.37
54$374.09$137.71$236.38$19,793.99
55$374.09$136.08$238.01$19,555.98
56$374.09$134.45$239.64$19,316.34
57$374.09$132.80$241.29$19,075.05
58$374.09$131.14$242.95$18,832.10
59$374.09$129.47$244.62$18,587.48
60$374.09$127.79$246.30$18,341.18
61$374.09$126.10$247.99$18,093.19
62$374.09$124.39$249.70$17,843.49
63$374.09$122.67$251.42$17,592.07
64$374.09$120.95$253.14$17,338.93
65$374.09$119.21$254.88$17,084.05
66$374.09$117.45$256.64$16,827.41
67$374.09$115.69$258.40$16,569.01
68$374.09$113.91$260.18$16,308.83
69$374.09$112.12$261.97$16,046.86
70$374.09$110.32$263.77$15,783.09
71$374.09$108.51$265.58$15,517.51
72$374.09$106.68$267.41$15,250.10
73$374.09$104.84$269.25$14,980.85
74$374.09$102.99$271.10$14,709.75
75$374.09$101.13$272.96$14,436.79
76$374.09$99.25$274.84$14,161.95
77$374.09$97.36$276.73$13,885.22
78$374.09$95.46$278.63$13,606.59
79$374.09$93.55$280.54$13,326.05
80$374.09$91.62$282.47$13,043.58
81$374.09$89.67$284.42$12,759.16
82$374.09$87.72$286.37$12,472.79
83$374.09$85.75$288.34$12,184.45
84$374.09$83.77$290.32$11,894.13
85$374.09$81.77$292.32$11,601.81
86$374.09$79.76$294.33$11,307.48
87$374.09$77.74$296.35$11,011.13
88$374.09$75.70$298.39$10,712.74
89$374.09$73.65$300.44$10,412.30
90$374.09$71.58$302.51$10,109.79
91$374.09$69.50$304.59$9,805.20
92$374.09$67.41$306.68$9,498.52
93$374.09$65.30$308.79$9,189.73
94$374.09$63.18$310.91$8,878.82
95$374.09$61.04$313.05$8,565.77
96$374.09$58.89$315.20$8,250.57
97$374.09$56.72$317.37$7,933.20
98$374.09$54.54$319.55$7,613.65
99$374.09$52.34$321.75$7,291.90
100$374.09$50.13$323.96$6,967.94
101$374.09$47.90$326.19$6,641.75
102$374.09$45.66$328.43$6,313.32
103$374.09$43.40$330.69$5,982.63
104$374.09$41.13$332.96$5,649.67
105$374.09$38.84$335.25$5,314.42
106$374.09$36.54$337.55$4,976.87
107$374.09$34.22$339.87$4,637.00
108$374.09$31.88$342.21$4,294.79
109$374.09$29.53$344.56$3,950.23
110$374.09$27.16$346.93$3,603.30
111$374.09$24.77$349.32$3,253.98
112$374.09$22.37$351.72$2,902.26
113$374.09$19.95$354.14$2,548.12
114$374.09$17.52$356.57$2,191.55
115$374.09$15.07$359.02$1,832.53
116$374.09$12.60$361.49$1,471.04
117$374.09$10.11$363.98$1,107.06
118$374.09$7.61$366.48$740.58
119$374.09$5.09$369.00$371.58
120$374.13$2.55$371.58$0.00