Monday, February 22, 2010

Thinking About Prepaying Your Mortgage?


By Kenneth L. Lahey

The tax rebate most Americans received may already be spent, since many families used it to pay bills or buy important items. But for those still deciding the best thing to do with it, consider paying some of your home loan down, a process known as prepayment.

Using extra money you have will pay your mortgage down faster.

This is one of the best ways you have to invest in your future, even if you have been considering investing in stocks. Recent events may have made you fearful about putting these funds in such investments, while an additional investment in your home, one of the largest and most secure investments you can make, may be the perfect solution to provide for the future.

Prepaying some of your mortgage may help you to meet retirement goals early, since you can shorten the maturity date of your mortgage by cutting away at the interest payments, which form a great part of your home loan repayment.

If you have already spent the refund, there are some other ways you can try to pay your home loan down more quickly. Without creating a great impact on your usual family budget, you can save thousands of dollars on your mortgage.

One way is to add a small amount to each monthly payment; giving up a small luxury, such as a lunch out or your making your coffee at home can free up the funds to make a higher payment. Since interest piles up on interest in a mortgage, paying extra quickly reduces the amount owed. You will simply be paying your loan off at an earlier date.

Another way to reducing your home loan, and this does not involve sending any additional money to the bank, is to pay it more often. Just send one half of your home loan payment in earlier than its due date, and the second half on the usual due date. Your total payment will be the same, but you will be reducing the loan more quickly with this extra payment.

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