Gelbwoschdd
2020-08-06 10:22:05
- #1
At first reading, I had understood your son's rejection was due to higher interest rates and justified this with 20 instead of 15 years fixed interest period.
However, you actually meant the monthly repayment...
Nevertheless, if I were you, I would once consider the total costs and not just the monthly repayment.
I just roughly calculated this and was surprised that in option 1 the costs were quite manageable. You really can’t get close to that with a pure annuity loan at this low repayment.
Assuming a 1% closing fee for the home savings contract, I come to about €66,500 in costs with practically no risk. I would probably now tend to option 1, especially since if interest rates are still low in 15 years, you can refinance to an even better rate than 2.2%.
With a pure annuity loan over 20 years and an assumed nominal interest rate of 1.65%, you would already have over €62,000 in interest costs and an outstanding balance of just under €74K after 20 years, all with a consistent monthly payment of €1,160 from the start.