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Offset MortgageMake your savings work harder with an Offset Mortgage

Would you like to get more out of your savings? Especially in the current climate, the interest that you will earn in a savings account is likely to be lower than the interest that you pay on a home loan. An offset mortgage works by actually reducing the balance of your mortgage by taking your savings into consideration. As an example, savings of £15,000 would mean that you would only accrue interest on £85,000 of a £100,000 mortgage. In addition, you will enjoy more favourable rates on tax for using your savings in this way. More info

Some Offset Mortgage Basics

  • Offset mortgages are suited to those with a significant amount of money available to put into a savings account.
  • You will not make payments to your mortgage lender. Instead, you will make payments into your savings account. The interest earned by the money in the savings account will go toward paying the interest of your mortgage loan.
  • The aim of an offset mortgage is that there will be enough money in the savings account at the end of the mortgage term to repay the outstanding principal balance of the loan.

Your home may be repossessed if you are unable to keep up repayments on your mortgage.