Once again a clever building society salesperson who does not explain the product to the customer, ignores the customer's wishes, and thinks the customer has received the deal of the year.
We can hardly believe our eyes: interest payments made at the end of the repayment phase €40,738.87
That’s more or less how I felt when I first looked at a home savings contract offer. Until you take a closer look and realize that for the first 15 years you’re only paying interest without repaying anything. If I’ve read it correctly regarding the 3rd financing component, you’re paying €547 monthly in interest without repayment. That adds up to considerable interest costs. Of course, you have security, but that also comes at a price.
Although one should of course put it into perspective here, a request of 1100€ does not naturally match a financing amount of 369K€.
For comparison, I just calculated the break even for an annuity loan with the same rate. That results in an interest rate of 2.25% with 30 years interest rate certainty. I currently don't know any terms, but to me that doesn't sound completely unreasonable either. The only risk would be the non-allocation of the [Bausparer].
This risk is not low, as there is only a 1-month buffer. If you really have to reduce the rate, then the thing quickly runs 1-2 years longer until allocation, and that with uncertain interest on the full amount of 370,000€.
Hello,
I also think that the desired rate and the financing amount do not match.
Here is a rough calculation with the same rate for the building savings contract and the annuity loan:
I somehow come up with an interest rate of 2.13%. The increased payments in the second 15-year period are shown through special repayments.
As long as there are no children, we can manage €1,500 per month.
In my opinion, this speaks much more in favor of an annuity loan with initially higher repayment and later reduction than for a building savings contract where you are flexible during the savings phase but have to commit to a contractual minimum repayment later.