Principal of a Note

Principal of a note is the original amount to be repaid back to the lender before any accruing interest charges & premiums. For instance, if a borrower borrows $500,000 worth of a mortgage, that is the principal and over 25 years of mortgage, the borrower might end up paying $750,000 of payments from which $250k will be interest and $500k of principal.

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