Home Buying Cash-to-Close Calculator
Home Buying Cash-to-Close Result
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| Case | Inputs | Expected result |
|---|---|---|
| Reference case | Market and currency: us; Purchase price: 400000 currency; Down payment: 80000 currency; Lender costs and points: 5000 currency; Title, legal and settlement costs: 3000 currency; Transfer tax, duty and registration: 5000 currency; Prepaids and initial escrow: 6000 currency; Inspection, appraisal and survey: 1500 currency; Other buyer costs: 1000 currency; Seller, lender and other credits: 4000 currency; Deposit already paid: 10000 currency; Post-closing reserves to retain: 10000 currency | Base loan amount before financed insurance or fees: 320000; Entered closing-cost total: 21500; Estimated cash to close: 87500; Cash to close plus retained reserves: 97500; Closing costs as share of price: 5.375 % (allowed numeric tolerance: 1.0E-6) |
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What this calculator answers
Closing costs and cash to close are different. Cash to close starts with the down payment and entered buyer costs, then subtracts credits and deposits already paid.
Reconcile a written home-purchase worksheet into total closing costs and cash required at closing.
Method and calculation order
The worksheet totals lender, legal/title, official tax, prepaid, due-diligence and other buyer costs. It keeps post-closing reserves outside the closing figure and reports both amounts.
Worked reference example
An 80,000 down payment plus 21,500 of buyer costs, less 4,000 of credits and a 10,000 deposit, produces 87,500 of cash to close. Retaining 10,000 reserves brings total needed cash to 97,500.
How to use the result
Reconcile each line with the latest Loan Estimate, Closing Disclosure, solicitor statement or settlement statement. Replace estimates with dated official amounts before transferring funds.
What the calculator cannot know
The calculator does not compute local tax, duty, concessions, escrow rules, mortgage insurance, foreign-buyer charges or wire instructions. Never send funds from calculator output alone.
Frequently asked questions
Why can cash to close change?
Rates, prepaid interest, escrows, credits, tax adjustments and final invoices can change before closing.
Are reserves paid to the seller?
No. The reserve field is a separate planning amount retained after closing.
Primary sources and review status
- CFPB — What is a HELOC?
- CFPB — What you should know about HELOCs
- CFPB — Closing disclosure explainer
Sources and model boundaries checked 2026-10-08. This new opportunity-map expansion has automated formula, fixture and source QA but has not been represented as human editorial review. Keep the route noindex until CalculatorGeek records a completed YMYL editorial review.