Zwerchgiebel
2023-03-05 20:19:31
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The disadvantage of the building savings contract is that although you secure the good interest rate of 1.19% for part of the remaining debt, you "invest" money at 0.01% every year for the next 7 years (to make that part eligible for allocation), which you could invest at significantly better returns. You have to take that into account in the calculation.
Just for understanding: With the building savings contract, I invest around €100k at 0% interest over the next 7 years and pay €3,200 for that. Afterwards, I get €100k at 1.19% interest. I pay this back over 7 years. That results in €4,200 interest.
Total costs approx. €7,400.
If you compare that 1:1 with investing and calculate with 3% interest on fixed deposit: For the next 7 years, I save about €1,200 per month to also reach €100k. With interest, I then have approx. €112k (+€12k). Afterwards, I finance the remaining €88k at, say, 3.5% and pay it back over 7 years. That results in about €11,300 in interest.
Total costs approx. €11,300.
Even with 5% interest on the account balance, I would still be above the €7.2k of the building savings contract. That would only be worthwhile if I invested a larger sum immediately and did not save up, or if interest rates later were around 2.5% or lower?
I do not want to favor the building savings contract with this; I’m just wondering if I miscalculated or missed something?