Remaining principal balance

(redirected from Remaining Principal Balances)

Remaining principal balance

The amount of principal dollars remaining to be paid under a mortgage as of a given time.

Remaining Principal Balance

The amount of the principal of a loan that a borrower has not repaid. For example, suppose a person borrows $1,000 for a year and repays an equal amount of principal every month in addition to the interest payment. After six months, the remaining principal balance is $500. It should be noted, however, that not all loans have the same amount of principal repayment every month. The remaining principal balance is particularly important in mortgages. See also: Amortization.

References in periodicals archive ?

There might be additional burden to institutions from having to comply with two sets of federal requirements on disclosing the remaining principal balances that apply to different categories of loans.

Statement by Lawrence B. Lindsey, member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives, May 27, 1992