If you took a zero-interest study loan - is there any good reason to pay more than the minimum every month?
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Mar 25 2012, 02:36 AM
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If you took a zero-interest study loan - is there any good reason to pay more than the minimum every month?
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Mar 27 2012, 11:23 PM
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QUOTE(chabalang @ Mar 27 2012, 09:50 PM) From a financial viewpoint, there is no good reason if the loan is a truly ZERO-interest loan. The $$$ in excess of the minimum can be put to better use (for e.g. - put in fixed deposit to earn some interest). It truly is a zero-interest loan from JPA, although I need to repay it over 25 years and the payment amount progressively increases (pay 1x in months 1-40, 1.5x in months 41-160, 2x in months 161-300).However, if you find that having a loan/debt is like a "monkey on the back" - then paying more than minimum to settle the debt earlier will enable some form of relief (it's an intangible benefit that cannot be measured in dollars & cents). In some countries you can get a tax relief from your education loan repayment, if only that applied here too Also thought about the possibility of deflation - but I think I shouldn't spend too much time worrying about that. |
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Apr 8 2013, 10:48 PM
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