Calculator Links

This section provides quick access to a variety of sites that allow calculations for various personal finance topics. For those of us with time constraints but desiring hard numbers to make decisions, these calculators allow consumers to do their own investigation of the costs of using credit cards, buying a car or house, comparing savings and investing options, planning for college educations and retirement.

Many of these are generic and contain calculators for a variety of purposes while others are for specific goods and services.

Bankrate.com
Links to a complete set of financial calculators
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/default.asp

The Motley Fool
Includes calculators covering topics such as
Credit/Budget, Home, Saving, College, Equity Credit Line, Retirement, Roth IRA, Bonds, and Auto http://www.fool.com/calcs/calculators.htm

Loanbrowser.com
Links to a large listing of financial calculators
http://nt.mortgage101.com/partner-scripts/calculators.asp?p=loanbrowser

Cardratings.com
Links to a credit card calculator
http://www.cardratings.org/calculatorframe.html

ELoan.com
Links to a mortgage affordability calculator
http://www.eloan.com/s/affordability/calc_afford?sid=kufrJAoj9Tucd6JTruTbdrlwPQs&user=&mcode

ELoan.com
Links to a mortgage amortization calculator
http://www.eloan.com/s/amortcalc?context=refi&sid=kufrJAoj9Tucd6JTruTbdrlwPQs&user=&mcode

Consumer Credit Counseling Service
Automobile affordability calculator
http://www.tcalc.com/tvwww.dll?CalcLoan?Tmplt=CarAfford.htm&Cstm=cccssf&PmntAmt=300.00