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caribee
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Hi
I wonder if any of you have any advice on our situation.
16 months ago my partner and I took out a loan with BOI for 15K. It was for a car and some furniture for our rented home.We pay it weekly - just under 90euro a week. Due to job promotion and pay increases we now find ourselves in the fortunate position of bringing home roughly 600euro a month more than we did 16 months ago. We discount 200 of that for cost of living increases. It was suggested by a family member that we pay of the loan quicker to save interest and get rid of the debt as we are also saving for a home (currently 100 a week into credit union) We don't have any other debts. I rang BOI and was abrubtly told that it was impossible to pay off a loan early unless it was in a lump sum clearing it completely and the best option was to refinance it over a shorter term. We dont really want to do that as we prefer to keep the option open that we pay off extra when we can which will be most weeks but I would like to think if we had a financial crisis we had a bit of leeway. I was thinking about setting up a bill payment and pay off say an extra 50 a week. Is this possible to do and if so is it of any benefit to us. Others have suggested just saving the money and let the loan run its course. What do you guys think is the best option.
(as for the other 200 a month extra we have it's going on having something of a social life for the first time in years!)
I wonder if any of you have any advice on our situation.
16 months ago my partner and I took out a loan with BOI for 15K. It was for a car and some furniture for our rented home.We pay it weekly - just under 90euro a week. Due to job promotion and pay increases we now find ourselves in the fortunate position of bringing home roughly 600euro a month more than we did 16 months ago. We discount 200 of that for cost of living increases. It was suggested by a family member that we pay of the loan quicker to save interest and get rid of the debt as we are also saving for a home (currently 100 a week into credit union) We don't have any other debts. I rang BOI and was abrubtly told that it was impossible to pay off a loan early unless it was in a lump sum clearing it completely and the best option was to refinance it over a shorter term. We dont really want to do that as we prefer to keep the option open that we pay off extra when we can which will be most weeks but I would like to think if we had a financial crisis we had a bit of leeway. I was thinking about setting up a bill payment and pay off say an extra 50 a week. Is this possible to do and if so is it of any benefit to us. Others have suggested just saving the money and let the loan run its course. What do you guys think is the best option.
(as for the other 200 a month extra we have it's going on having something of a social life for the first time in years!)