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Benefits |
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Mortgage calculators you need in your web site.
Falcon’s Mortgage Calculators is a web application containing seven mortgage calculators. So, after you’ve installed Falcon’s Mortgage Calculators in your
web site will appear 7 new pages:
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Printer Friendly
Our calculators produce fully printable,formatted HTML reports. Most of the clients wish to have the details of the loan and the payment schedule when they
complete the data for that loan.
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Multi-currency
All our calculators can be used for many currencies not only USD. Those currencies are:
United States of America Currency - $
European Union Currency - €
United Kingdom Currency - £
Japan Currency - ¥
Israel Currency - ₪
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All the calculators contain amortization tables and schedule
Mortgage and loan software includes easy to use amortization tables and schedules that allow any interest rate, payment and compounding frequency,
including accelerated payments. When a payment is scheduled Sundays or Saturdays Falcon’s Mortgage Calculators changes the day of payment to a
working day. This is very important for clients which want to know the exactly payment days for the entire loan period.
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Insurance and Private Mortgage (PMI) included
Private Mortgage Insurance helps protect the mortgage company against financial lost if a homeowner stops making mortgage payments. This insurance has
to be payed as long as the value of unpayed loan is more than 80% of house value.
As a borrower, you will be required to purchase homeowner’s insurance. When you insure your home, you should buy enough coverage for the total cost you
would pay to rebuild your home if it was destroyed. Our calculators consider the cost of this insurance, too.
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One-time license fee
Our one-time fee pricing makes our mortgage calculator a fantastic value.In case you have more then one web site you can pay once for "Enterprise Version"
and you can use this version for all your web sites.
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It doesn’t need additional servers
Not all our calculators need supplementary servers to work. This way you will have 100% control on your web pages content and more you will not have to
pay a monthly fee for additional servers.
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Easy to integrate in your site
Click here to preview the default mortgage page that will be added to your web site.
Those pages will have the same layout as the rest of your web site after you modify the header.inc and footer.inc files which are in the installation archive.
Header.inc file contains graphic elements of the upper and left sides of web pages and footer.inc contains the graphic elements of down and right sides of
your web pages. Those files contains HTML syntax of graphic elements therefore anyone who has knowledge of HTML will be able to configure the calculators
pages in order to get the same layout. Falcon Software offers you services for configure header.inc and footer.inc files for you. For more info about graphic
integration services click here.
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Get Details |
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Falcon’s Mortgage Calculators is a web application, which contains seven mortgage calculators. After finishing installation in your computer in your site will be
created seven new pages:
Using Falcon’s Mortgage Calculators, you can also prepare amortization schedule, view it, and print it in virtually no time. Also all the seven calculators
automatically calculate the insurance value for the house and the PMI where is necessary. Everything is completed automatically, accurately and is easy and
simple to be used and handled.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Calculator
Adjustable rate mortgage have a unique interest rate feature that changes, or adjust over the life of a loan. An ARM may be attractive for your clients if your
clients desire a slightly lower interest rate during the initial stages of loaning your home and your clients expect that their income will rise in the future, and/or if
they are not planning to stay in the same home for long.
Advanced Mortgage Calculator
Advanced mortgage calculator provide calculations and projections mortgages of every type frequency of payment: Daily, Weekly, Bi Weekly, Half Months, Monthly,
Two Months, Quarterly, Four Month, Four Week, Semi Annually, Annually.
Balloon Mortgage Calculator
The Balloon Payment Calculator is a very fast, easy-to-use and flexible mortgage calculator that handles balloon payments. The Balloon Mortgage Calculator calculates
what the regular payment amount needs to be result in a given balloon after a particular payment number.
Compare Mortgage Calculator
This calculator helps you to choose the most suitable loan for you. You can see the differences between two different types of loans (like initially payment,
rate of interest, duration, etc).
Extra Payment Calculator
The Extra Payment Calculator will calculate the effect of making extra principal payments. A very small extra principal payment made along with a regular payment
can save the borrower a large amount of interest over the life of a loan, particular, if those payments are started when the loan is relatively new.
Fixed Rate Mortgage Calculator
The Fixed Rate Mortgage Calculator can quickly perform "what-if" analysis for any mortgage scenario. Four values will typically concern the user. They are the amount
of the loan, the total period or term of the loan and the annual rate.
Refinance Mortgage Calculator
The Refinance Mortgage Calculator will compare the costs of two different mortgages or loans. Since the 1980’s, interest rates have been on a roller coaster.
Maybe you have a loan that took out when rates weren’t so favorable. This calculator will tell you, in plain English, if it pays to refinance the loan.
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For all versions, the installing process has five steps:
- Step one: Find out which kind of web hosting do you have. For this simply ask your web host which platform uses. If it is MS Windows, you will use the files
from "ASP" folder. Otherwise, you will use the files from "PHP" folder
- Step two: Create in the root folder of your web site a new folder called "mortgage-calculators".
- Step three: Load the files from ASP or PHP folder into the root folder of your web site you will load only the files which are compatible with your web host platform.
For example, for Linux platform web hosing you will load only the files from PHP folder in the folder "mortgage-calculators" which you have been created at step two.
You have to be careful to load the content of PHP folder not directly the PHP folder.
- Step four: It is about linking the mortgage calculators to the rest of your web site’s pages. Therefore, in every page of your web site you have to create links to the
calculators pages. You can create the link to the "Adjustable Rate Mortgage Calculator" and you have to insert in every page next script:
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/adjustable-rate-mortgage.asp">Adjustable Rate Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Adjustable Rate Mortgage Calculator on MS Windows web hosting platforms.
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/adjustable-rate-mortgage.asp">Adjustable Rate Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Adjustable Rate Mortgage Calculator on Linux/Unix web hosting platforms <a href="/mortgage-calculators/advanced-mortgage.asp">Advanced Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Advanced Mortgage Calculator on MS Windows web hosting platforms.
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/advanced-mortgage.asp">Advanced Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Advanced Mortgage Calculator on Linux/Unix web hosting platforms <a href="/mortgage-calculators/balloon-mortgage-payments.asp">Balloon Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Balloon Mortgage Calculator on MS Windows web hosting platforms.
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/balloon-mortgage-payments.asp">Balloon Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Balloon Mortgage Calculator on Linux/Unix web hosting platforms <a href="/mortgage-calculators/compare-mortgage.asp">Compare Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Compare Mortgage Calculator on MS Windows web hosting platforms.
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/compare-mortgage.asp">Compare Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Compare Mortgage Calculator on Linux/Unix web hosting platforms <a href="/mortgage-calculators/extra-payment.asp">Extra Payment Calculator</a>
for Extra Payment Calculator on MS Windows web hosting platforms.
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/extra-payment.asp">Extra Payment Calculator</a>
for Extra Payment Calculator on Linux/Unix web hosting platforms <a href="/mortgage-calculators/fixed-mortgage.asp">Fixed Rate Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Fixed Rate Mortgage Calculator on MS Windows web hosting platforms.
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/fixed-mortgage.asp">Fixed Rate Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Fixed Rate Mortgage Calculator on Linux/Unix web hosting platforms <a href="/mortgage-calculators/refinance-mortgage.asp">Refinance Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Refinance Mortgage Calculator on MS Windows web hosting platforms.
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/refinance-mortgage.asp">Refinance Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Refinance Mortgage Calculator on Linux/Unix web hosting platforms
- Step five: After the precedent four steps your site will contain two new pages for "Free Version" and "Personal Version" and seven new pages
for "Professional Version" and "Enterprise Version". Click here to preview the default mortgage calculator web page that will be added to your computer.
In case you wish to change the layout of your calculator pages so those look like the rest of your web site you have to insert the HTML syntax with the graphics of
your web site, into the header.inc and footer.inc files. The header.inc file will contain after that the upper and left sides graphics of your web site pages and the
footer.inc file will contain the down and right sides graphic elements.
In case you cannot do it yourself, we provide integration services for that. Click here for more details.
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Do I have to pay a monthly fee to use these calculators?
The only payment is made when you purchase one of the versions of Falcon’s Mortgage Calculators.
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Can I use Falcon’s Mortgage Calculators for more then one web site?
The versions, which you can use for more web sites are "Free Version" and "Enterprise Version". "Personal Version" and "Professional Version" can be
used just fore one web site when you have to specify when you purchase one of this versions.
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How to install it?
In the root folder of your web site you have to create a new folder and name it "mortgage-calculators". Upload the files from the installation archive in this
new folder.
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Which is the root folder of my web site?
The root folder of your web site is the folder where your home page is located.
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Do I need a special web-hosting package for these applications?
Using these calculators does not need a special web-hosting package. However, for a proper running you need support for asp or php that is provided by
your web host.>
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Do this calculator need special security settings for a normal running?
These calculators don't need changes to your security settings.
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Do these calculators need a supplementary server or they run on my web server?
Falcon’s Mortgage Calculator doesn’t need any supplementary server. This calculators use only your web server.
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What do I have to do for the new pages have the same layout as the rest of my web site pages?
In case you wish to change the layout of your calculator pages so those look like the rest of your web site, you have to insert the HTML syntax with the graphics
of your web site into the header.inc and footer.inc files. The header.inc file will contain after that the upper and left sides graphics of your web site pages and
the footer.inc file will contain the down and right sides graphic elements. In case you cannot do it yourself, we provide integration services for that.
Click here for more details.
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How do I link the "Adjustable Rate Mortgage Calculator" to the rest of the web site’s pages?
You can create the link to the "Adjustable Rate Mortgage Calculator" and you have to insert in every page next script:
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/adjustable-rate-mortgage.asp">Adjustable Rate Mortgage Calculator</a>
for MS Windows platforms
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/adjustable-rate-mortgage.asp">Adjustable Rate Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Linux/Unix web hosting platforms.
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How do I link the "Advanced Mortgage Calculator" to the rest of the web site’s pages?
You can create the link to the "Advanced Mortgage Calculator" and you have to insert in every page next script:
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/advanced-mortgage.asp">Advanced Mortgage Calculator</a>
for MS Windows platforms.
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/advanced-mortgage.asp">Advanced Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Linux/Unix web hosting platforms.
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How do I link the "Balloon Mortgage Calculator" to the rest of the web site’s pages?
You can create the link to the "Balloon Mortgage Calculator" and you have to insert in every page next script:
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/balloon-mortgage-payments.asp">Balloon Mortgage Calculator</a>
for MS Windows platforms
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/balloon-mortgage-payments.asp">Balloon Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Linux/Unix web hosting platforms.
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How do I link the "Compare Mortgage Calculator" to the rest of the web site’s pages?
You can create the link to the "Compare Mortgage Calculator" and you have to insert in every page next script:
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/compare-mortgage.asp">Compare Mortgage Calculator</a>
for MS Windows platforms
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/compare-mortgage.asp">Compare Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Linux/Unix web hosting platforms.
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How do I link the "Extra Payment Calculator" to the rest of the web site’s pages?
You can create the link to the "Extra Payment Calculator" and you have to insert in every page next script:
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/extra-payment.asp">Extra Payment Calculator</a>
for MS Windows platforms
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/extra-payment.asp">Extra Payment Calculator</a>
for Linux/Unix web hosting platforms.
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How do I link the "Fixed Rate Mortgage Calculator" to the rest of the web site’s pages?
You can create the link to the "Fixed Rate Mortgage Calculator" and you have to insert in every page next script:
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/fixed-mortgage.asp">Fixed Rate Mortgage Calculator</a>
for MS Windows platforms
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/fixed-mortgage.asp">Fixed Rate Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Linux/Unix web hosting platforms.
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How do I link the "Refinance Mortgage Calculator" to the rest of the web site’s pages?
You can create the link to the "Refinance Mortgage Calculator" and you have to insert in every page next script:
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/refinance-mortgage.asp">Refinance Mortgage Calculator</a>
for MS Windows platforms
OR
<a href="/mortgage-calculators/refinance-mortgage.asp">Refinance Mortgage Calculator</a>
for Linux/Unix web hosting platforms.
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