Property investors: How much more is your interest-only home loan costing you?

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Calculate the benefit of a principal and interest loan over an interest-only loan for your investment property.

If you have an investment property, chances are you’re financing it with an interest-only home loan.

For many years, most lenders, mortgage brokers and financial advisers have recommended interest-only loans over a principal and interest loan to free up cash flow, and maximise the tax-deductible portion of outgoings (the interest part of your home loan repayment).

However, price pressures from industry regulators have increased the costs of interest-only loans so much that for most property investors, choosing an interest-only loan could be costing property investors thousands.

How this calculator can help you

This calculator will help you work out whether choosing interest-only or a principal and interest repayments for your investment property loan could be financially better for you.

We calculate the results by taking into consideration:

The interest cost of the investment loan compared to the tax savings of negative gearing
The amount you’ll be owing compared to your repayments

What your results mean

If your result is a positive figure (green coloured), you could be better off choosing a principal and interest loan.

If your result is negative, you could be better off choosing an interest-only loan.

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Property investors: How much more is your interest-only home loan costing you?

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