Your Guide to Later Life Finance

How can I reduce the cost of my lifetime mortgage?

All of Key’s plans come with options to help reduce the total cost of the borrowing if that’s important to you; for instance, if you wish to leave a larger inheritance. Making repayments Even though there are typically no monthly

your total cost of borrowing would be £223,915*. However, by making a monthly £250 repayment, after 15 years, you’d owe £146,440 – with a total cost of borrowing, including repayments, of £191,440. This means, by repaying £250 a month, you, and your beneficiaries, could benefit from a £32,475 net interest saving.

repayments to make with a lifetime mortgage, all our plans come with the option to make ad-hoc or regular repayments to help reduce your total cost of borrowing. Even if you’re only able to make small repayments, it will help reduce the amount of interest you pay over the lifetime of your loan. In this example, if you were to borrow £81,703 and make no repayments at all, after 15 years,

How making repayments can help you manage your total cost of borrowing

Total cost of borrowing making no repayments would be £223,915

Total cost of borrowing repaying £250/month would be £191,440 Net interest saving of £32,475

— £142,212

Interest accrued

— £81,703 Initial loan — £64,737 — £45,000

Repayments made

Interest accrued

— £81,703 Initial loan

Initial release amount of £81,703**. Plan subject to a fixed interest rate of 6.74%** MER. Interest and repayments shown over a 15-year period. *Based on a fixed 6.74% MER (Monthly Equivalent Rate) interest rate. **Key Market Monitor Q1, 2023

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