If you buy a home with less than 20% down, you will pay an additional monthly fee, PMI (private mortgage insurance), until you reach 20% equity. Keep track of when you reach 20% equity so you can request to have your PMI removed. Ken Buckmillers home recently appraised at $299,000. His mortgage was for $284,000 at 5% for 30 years with PMI of $319.17 per month. What is his monthly payment plus PMI? His mortgage balance is currently $177,000. Has he reached 20% equity?

Amortization table (mortgage principal and interest per $1,000)

Rate	Interest Only	10 Year	15 Year	20 Year	25 Year	30 Year	40 Year
2.000	0.16667	9.20135	6.43509	5.05883	4.23854	3.69619	3.02826
2.125	0.17708	9.25743	6.49281	5.11825	4.29966	3.75902	3.09444
2.250	0.18750	9.31374	6.55085	5.17808	4.36131	3.82246	3.16142
2.375	0.19792	9.37026	6.60921	5.23834	4.42348	3.88653	3.22921
2.500	0.20833	9.42699	6.66789	5.29903	4.48617	3.95121	3.29778
2.625	0.21875	9.48394	6.72689	5.36014	4.54938	4.01651	3.36714
2.750	0.22917	9.54110	6.78622	5.42166	4.61311	4.08241	3.43728
2.875	0.23958	9.59848	6.84586	5.48361	4.67735	4.14892	3.50818
3.000	0.25000	9.65607	6.90582	5.54598	4.74211	4.21604	3.57984
3.125	0.26042	9.71388	6.96609	5.60876	4.80738	4.28375	3.65226
3.250	0.27083	9.77190	7.02669	5.67196	4.87316	4.35206	3.72541
3.375	0.28125	9.83014	7.08760	5.73557	4.93945	4.42096	3.79930
3.500	0.29167	9.88859	7.14883	5.79960	5.00624	4.49045	3.87391
3.625	0.30208	9.94725	7.21037	5.86404	5.07352	4.56051	3.94923
3.750	0.31250	10.00612	7.27222	5.92888	5.14131	4.63116	4.02526
3.875	0.32292	10.06521	7.33440	5.99414	5.20959	4.70237	4.10198
4.000	0.33333	10.12451	7.39688	6.05980	5.27837	4.77415	4.17938
4.125	0.34375	10.18403	7.45968	6.12587	5.34763	4.84650	4.25746
4.250	0.35417	10.24375	7.52278	6.19234	5.41738	4.91940	4.33620
4.375	0.36458	10.30369	7.58620	6.25922	5.48761	4.99285	4.41559
4.500	0.37500	10.36384	7.64993	6.32649	5.55832	5.06685	4.49563
4.625	0.38542	10.42420	7.71397	6.39417	5.62951	5.14140	4.57629
4.750	0.39583	10.48477	7.77832	6.46224	5.70117	5.21647	4.65758
4.875	0.40625	10.54556	7.84297	6.53070	5.77330	5.29208	4.73947
5.000	0.41667	10.60655	7.90794	6.59956	5.84590	5.36822	4.82197
5.125	0.42708	10.66776	7.97320	6.66881	5.91896	5.44487	4.90505
5.250	0.43750	10.72917	8.03878	6.73844	5.99248	5.52204	4.98870
5.375	0.44792	10.79079	8.10465	6.80847	6.06645	5.59971	5.07293
5.500	0.45833	10.85263	8.17083	6.87887	6.14087	5.67789	5.15770
5.625	0.46875	10.91467	8.23732	6.94966	6.21575	5.75656	5.24302
5.750	0.47917	10.97692	8.30410	7.02084	6.29106	5.83573	5.32888
5.875	0.48958	11.03938	8.37118	7.09238	6.36682	5.91538	5.41525
6.000	0.50000	11.10205	8.43857	7.16431	6.44301	5.99551	5.50214
6.125	0.51042	11.16493	8.50625	7.23661	6.51964	6.07611	5.58952
6.250	0.52083	11.22801	8.57423	7.30928	6.59669	6.15717	5.67740
6.375	0.53125	11.29130	8.64250	7.38232	6.67417	6.23870	5.76575
6.500	0.54167	11.35480	8.71107	7.45573	6.75207	6.32068	5.85457
6.625	0.55208	11.41850	8.77994	7.52950	6.83039	6.40311	5.94385
6.750	0.56250	11.48241	8.84909	7.60364	6.90912	6.48598	6.03357
6.875	0.57292	11.54653	8.91854	7.67814	6.98825	6.56929	6.12373
7.000	0.58333	11.61085	8.98828	7.75299	7.06779	6.65302	6.21431
7.125	0.59375	11.67537	9.05831	7.82820	7.14773	6.73719	6.30531
7.250	0.60417	11.74010	9.12863	7.90376	7.22807	6.82176	6.39672
7.375	0.61458	11.80504	9.19923	7.97967	7.30880	6.90675	6.48852
7.500	0.06250	11.87017	9.27101	8.05593	7.38991	6.99215	6.58071
7.625	0.63542	11.93552	9.34130	8.13254	7.47141	7.07794	6.67327
7.750	0.64583	12.00106	9.41276	8.20949	7.55329	7.16412	6.76620
7.875	0.65625	12.06681	9.48450	8.28677	7.63554	7.25069	6.85948
8.000	0.66667	12.13276	9.55652	8.36440	7.71816	7.33765	6.95312