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Posted on Wednesday, 10.28.09

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Calculate the recovery period for your underwater home mortgage

Is your home loan currently more than the market value of your house? Plug in your numbers here and see approximately how many years of mortgage payments it could take you to break even.

Note: The average annual appreciation rate of a property is 2-3%. This rate does not apply to the current economic market. This calculator also does not take inflation into account, nor any other possible drastic market changes.

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