Karl Jeacles calculator

I got a link to the above on this website so did a little bit of playing around with it. Basically I saw that you are better off taking out a longer term mortgage and paying additional of the loan each month so for instance if say you took a mortgage out over 35 years with repayments of say €1,000 pm you would be better to do this and pay €200 extra pm rather than take a shorter loan for 30years and pay repayments of say €1,200 p.m. Does this make sense, im i correct? If so why is this the case?

Ok sorry if you cant follow, an example might be easier;

Example
Loan €200,000 over 35 years equals repayments of €1,004pm. Cost of loan is €223,934.56
Loan €200,000 over 30 years equals repayments of €1,073pm. Cost of loan is €186,513.24

So you decide to take a loan of €200,000 over 35 years, repayments are €1,004pm plus you ask the bank to reduce the capital of the loan by the difference of the monthly repayments between 30 & 35years, in this case, €69.31 and the cost of the loan is €184,153.00

So by prepayment you would save €2,360.24 over the life of your mortgage if you took out a 35year mortgage and paid the monthly repayments equal to what you would pay if you took a mortgage for the same amount over 30 years?

mickpyrmont said:

So by prepayment you would save €2,360.24 over the life of your mortgage if you took out a 35year mortgage and paid the monthly repayments equal to what you would pay if you took a mortgage for the same amount over 30 years?

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You are making prepayments each month so the term is no longer 35 years. According to the Jeacles calculator you have shortened the term by 5 yrs 3 months by making an additional monthly prepayment of €69.31.

Aesop said:

You are making prepayments each month so the term is no longer 35 years. According to the Jeacles calculator you have shortened the term by 5 yrs 3 months by making an additional monthly prepayment of €69.31.

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The point the OP is making is that by taking out the 35 year term to begin with and making the increased payments (as if a 30 year term had been taken), you can make savings on what you would have paid by taking the 30 year term to start with (and the reduction in term of 5 yrs and 3 mths as you point out).

It's something I'm not familiar with, but certainly an interesting one. I'd have to have a run through the figures to see if/how this makes sense, but if it's true.... great spot!

mickpyrmont said:

Example
Loan €200,000 over 35 years equals repayments of €1,004pm. Cost of loan is €223,934.56
Loan €200,000 over 30 years equals repayments of €1,073pm. Cost of loan is €186,513.24

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I get different figures (What is your interest rate set to?)

Loan €200,000 over 35 equals repayments of €1,009.38 not €1004

That makes a big difference over 30 years!

Camry has hit the nail on the head. All things being equal, there's no difference between a 35-year mortgage on which you overpay and a 30 year mortgage with the same monthly repayment. If a calculator says differently, either the calculator is wrong or the assumptions being entered into it are.

There's also an issue that a 35 year Mortgage Protection life assurance policy will be dearer than a 30 year one.

That calculator is a great find.
Great for working out a budget, and just in general.