NZ Home Loan Blog

Control - The Example

Written by NZHL | Thursday, 25 June 2015

Last week I spoke about the benefits of taking what control you can over your mortgage, today I’ll run through a typical example.

  Mortgage Details Controllable?
Borrowing amount $350,000 No
Interest Rate (assumed average) 7% No – though you have options
Term 30 years Yes
Minimum repayment $2328/mth No
Total payments $838,281 Yes
Interest paid $488,281 Yes

 

So the following are controllable:

  • The interest paid. This can be reduced, with the right loan structure. Utilizing your income to offset the interest cost can mean significant savings. You could be looking at saving up to $140,000.
  • Extra repayments. With the right loan structure you will be able to pay above the minimum repayment, a extra $100 a month on top of offsetting the interest cost could mean $172,000 in savings.
  • The length of your mortgage. Reducing your interest cost and maintaining extra repayments will decrease the time you have a mortgage for, combining the two can get you under 20 years

So potentially your mortgage could end up looking like the following:

    Offsetting plus $100mth extra repayments
Borrowing amount $350,000 $350,000
Interest Rate 7% 7%
Term 30 years 19 yrs 6 months
Minimum repayment $2328/mth $2428
Total payments $838,281 $665,565
Interest paid $488,281 $315,565

Being idle with your mortgage will cost you a lot of money, gain some control on it.