Finance & Mortgage

Home Loan Offset Account And Redraw Facility

What is an Offset Account?An Offset Account is an everyday savings bank account which is linked to your home loan. The money you deposit into your Offset Account can be used to reduce the interest you pay on your mortgage while giving you total access to Offset Account funds anytime. What is a Redraw Facility?A Redraw is a feature of…

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Home Loan Interest Rates

Variable Rate Loans: A Variable rate loan is a loan with interest rate subject to change and the repayments/interest rate fluctuates when the lender decides to increase or decrease their interest rate. Pros: Benefit from interest rate drop, Redraw facility, Offset account, able to change loan at any time. Cons: Interest rate could go up at any time resulting in…

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Principal & Interest VS Interest Only Loans

Principal & Interest Principal & Interest (P&I) loan repayment method covers the repayments of both Principal(Original Loan Borrowed) as well as the interest accrued. Pros: You build equity You pay off the loan Cons: Repayment is higher P&I May not be suitable for short term investors/developers Interest Only As the name suggests, Interest Only (IO) repayment method is the payment…

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