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Building owners and property buyers are currently historically remained favorable conditions: The interest on the capital market are low and cheap housing loans accordingly. But what about existing loans? The wonder owners who have moved several years ago in their own home and lead their loans pay significantly more than it now is the case for refinancing. The answer: It depends on the individual case. Loans with fixed interest (and only those eligible for rescheduling into consideration) can not be terminated without further notice. The lower interest rates alone do not justify it.

Banks mighty long for early termination of
Roll over could be so easy if the bank would not be. Will join the cancellation of a loan with fixed-rate and the subsequent new recording of another loan only with a prepayment penalty, the erosion of the expected interest savings substantially. Is terminated without cause, banks can determine the amount of compensation in its reasonable discretion. In contrast to this design have elapsed since the (full) payment of 10 years. In this case, a free cancellation is possible, even if the fixation is longer.

Any legitimate, the termination effective
More favorable termination conditions are present, even if the loan is terminated for a legitimate interest. counts as a legitimate interest for example The sale of the property that serves as collateral. Also rejected the request of the owner to an increase in the loan for the purpose of reorganization is one of the events giving rise to a legitimate interest. Although the bank may not even exist if a legitimate interest of an early repayment charge. Then apply but from the perspective of the borrower favorable rules that are defined by statute and case law.

Prepayment penalty: banks like to count wrong
In calculating the compensation banks must then eg the interest rate on public sector bonds and do not originate from the bond. The interest on mortgage bonds are usually higher, so that compensation fails smaller. Moreover, the institutions are obliged to start from a free termination by the borrower after 10 years. You also need to take in his favor, that all possibilities would have been used to free unscheduled. In practice, banks consider the rules do not always. (Leave) is therefore worth recalculating often!

Presently, mortgage rates, which are provided in construction financing, below the historic low that was reached in autumn 2005. For significantly less than 3%, is five-year loans may be used.

Max Herbst, chief of the DMH Financial, told the media that the interest rate with the five-year mortgages already 0.3 percentage points lower than during the historic lows. Some banks offer construction financing with a maturity of five years starting at a rate of 2.50 percent. Even for loans with a 10-year interest rates are so cheap, like it was a long time.

In such operations, the low point was already reached. Interest rates start at individual banks at 3.50 percent. average must be calculated at the ten-year mortgage at an interest rate of 3.72 percent. This is already less than the previous historic low. Only when financing with a fixed interest period of 15 years of historic low point was not reached. So far, borrowers have to pay for these offers still 0.10 percentage points more. The cheapest provider to offer loans with fixed interest for 15 years from 3.85 percent.