The standard repayment includes fixed payment amounts and up to ten years to repay; other plans include graduated payments, which start small and
increase over the repayment period as your income increases.
Not exact matches
Extend your
repayment period up to 30 years for the potential of a lower monthly payment amount, but understand that this may
increase the total amount you will pay
over the life of the loan.
Each option carries its own array of loan terms, such as time
period for
repayment and whether the monthly payment amount
increases over time.
Stretching out your loan
repayments over a longer
period of time means that your overall
repayment costs could
increase dramatically — particularly if you don't end up qualifying for loan forgiveness (see comparison chart at bottom).
However, it can also lengthen the
period of
repayment and therefore
increase the total amount you will pay in interest
over the life of the loan.
An
increase in your monthly payment will reduce the amount of interest charges you will pay
over the
repayment period and may even shorten the number of months it will take to pay off the loan.
If you opt to refinance to obtain a longer
repayment period, however, your monthly payments will decrease, but the total amount of money you pay
over the duration of your loan will
increase.
As you can see from the chart above, choosing a shorter
repayment period (resulting in an
increased monthly payment) can lead to big savings
over the life of your loan.
Extend your
repayment period up to 30 years for the potential of a lower monthly payment amount, but understand that this may
increase the total amount you will pay
over the life of the loan.
These programs can make your monthly payment much more affordable, stretching your payments out
over a longer
period of time can
increase your overall
repayment costs.
Over long
periods these debt burdens slowly
increase and debt
repayments begin growing faster than incomes.
While the 2 %
increase in the interest rate on a R500 000 home loan only results in R670
increase in the monthly
repayment, it adds a staggering R161 158 of additional interest payable
over the 20 year
period.