Milo3
2018-11-19 15:01:04
- #1
Here is just my personal opinion:
I would fix the interest rate for at least 20 years or even consider a 25-year interest rate lock. Sure, you pay more interest, BUT and now the important part: You don't know what will happen or could happen in the future. And then jumping into the risk of an expensive follow-up financing, although you get cheap money now. Eight years ago, everyone was talking about cheap 4.5%... Parallel saving for repayment only makes sense if you include it in the financing every year (special repayment).
But we also do it like you, keep the repayment as low as possible, but have a fixed savings amount and at the end of the year put everything in as a special repayment. We want to be flexible and still be able to afford things or sometimes use a bonus for special repayment.
Best regards
I would fix the interest rate for at least 20 years or even consider a 25-year interest rate lock. Sure, you pay more interest, BUT and now the important part: You don't know what will happen or could happen in the future. And then jumping into the risk of an expensive follow-up financing, although you get cheap money now. Eight years ago, everyone was talking about cheap 4.5%... Parallel saving for repayment only makes sense if you include it in the financing every year (special repayment).
But we also do it like you, keep the repayment as low as possible, but have a fixed savings amount and at the end of the year put everything in as a special repayment. We want to be flexible and still be able to afford things or sometimes use a bonus for special repayment.
Best regards