Long Beach Refinance Calculator

Refinance Calculator Long Beach mortgage estimates pre-filled with Los Angeles County, California property-tax and insurance figures. Educational only.

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Home Price $789,000

Down Payment 20.0%

Interest Rate 6.50%

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We are an educational company, not a lender. We do not make loans, underwrite loans, or provide financial advice. All loan terms, rates, and approvals are determined solely by a licensed lender of your choice. This service is not a loan application. These figures are estimates provided for educational purposes only and are not a loan offer, quote, rate lock, or commitment to lend. Your actual payment will differ. Property taxes and homeowners insurance shown here are estimates and may be understated or excluded, and other costs — such as mortgage insurance, HOA dues, flood insurance, and closing costs — may not be reflected. For a detailed, personalized quote, consult a licensed lender or loan officer.

Rates shown are illustrative approximations — not actual available rates. Adjust the rate selector to any figure you are considering. Estimates only, using an illustrative interest rate and tax and insurance data for your selected state (county-level where county data is available). Not a quote, offer, or commitment to lend. Verify every figure with a licensed lender in your state before relying on it. For informational and educational purposes only.

30-Year Fixed Rate — Last 12 Months

Freddie Mac PMMS monthly average · as of July 2026

iMonthly averages of Freddie Mac's weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) 30-year fixed rate. Historical national averages from https://www.freddiemac.com/pmms — not a live quote or an offer of credit; rates change daily and vary by lender, credit, and location.

This page runs the same calculator against Long Beach, California figures — Los Angeles County’s effective property-tax rate and county insurance band — so the estimate reflects what this cost actually looks like here rather than a national average.

Read the full Refinance Calculator explainer for how the math works, what each input means, and the qualifying rules — or browse all Long Beach home-buying resources.

Long Beach Numbers

Built on Long Beach, California figures

A baseline for Long Beach: the local median of $789,000 with 20% down, including Los Angeles County’s property tax at 1.15%. Typical California statewide homeowners insurance runs about $3,188 a year at this value.

Scenario	Cash down	Loan amount	Est. total/mo
20% down	$157,800	$631,200	$5,168

Long Beach is a high-priced coastal Los Angeles County market where the housing stock ranges from historic 1920s bungalows in districts like California Heights and Bixby Knolls to canal-front and beach homes in Naples and Belmont Shore. Typical home values sit in the high-$700,000s to high-$800,000s - well above the national median - so budgets stretch further in inland neighborhoods (North Long Beach, Wrigley) and tighten sharply near the water. Beyond price, buyers here weigh coastal flood exposure, seismic risk from the Newport-Inglewood fault, and a shifting California insurance market. This page explains the underlying concepts - conforming and jumbo loan limits, property taxes, hazard insurance, and homebuyer-assistance programs - so buyers can research their own situation.

Why insurance moves the number here: Long Beach's dominant natural hazard is seismic: the Newport-Inglewood fault runs directly beneath the city and produced the destructive magnitude-6.4 Long Beach earthquake of 1933, so seismic retrofits (including soft-story ordinances) and optional earthquake insurance are common considerations. Wildfire risk within the built-up coastal city itself is low relative to California's wildland-urban-interface (WUI) and CAL FIRE high-severity zones, but statewide insurer pullback has pushed some California homeowners toward the FAIR Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, for hard-to-place coverage. Flood exposure is concentrated in low-lying areas near Alamitos Bay, the Los Angeles River, and the coastline, where FEMA-mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas can trigger a flood-insurance requirement. Buyers should verify a specific parcel using Cal OES MyHazards and FEMA flood maps rather than relying on citywide generalizations. Wind exposure is a large part of why a Long Beach payment can differ from the same price elsewhere, so the insurance figure above is doing real work in the total.

Median value plus the county property-tax rate and statewide insurance figure come from public data held in this site’s own dataset. Payments use an illustrative 6.875% 30-year rate and are estimates for education only — never a quote, offer, or approval. Change any input in the calculator above to model your own scenario.

Local Insight

Understanding the Long Beach Market

Long Beach sits in Los Angeles County, California. Neighborhoods such as Belmont Shore, Naples, Bixby Knolls, California Heights, and Downtown Long Beach each carry their own mix of home ages, price tiers, and insurance considerations that are worth understanding before you set a budget in Long Beach.

A buyer planning a budget in Long Beach usually starts from the area's approximate median home value of about $789,000 (a rough market benchmark, not a quote).

Taken together, the median price, Los Angeles County tax rate, and insurance outlook are what shape a realistic monthly payment in Long Beach — which is why the calculator above is pre-set with this county's numbers. Adjust the inputs to match your own situation, and confirm current figures with a licensed California lender of your choice before making any decisions.