QUOTE(Claire Farron @ Sep 16 2018, 04:00 PM)
Hi, any ASB sifus here? I already tried on the ASB thread but got no response.
I'm quite naive about this whole ASB loan scheme finance terms in general so apologies in advance for any wrong concept or term that I will be using.
What I understand is one of the method of gaining profit, is by taking a loan let say 100k for 25 years, put in into ASB and repay each month, then after let say 2 years, we'll repay the loan amount using the money we kept in ASB and we'll gain a few hundreds or thousand after adding in interest. Is there anything that I misunderstood? Hehe
So my question is this:
1) After I took the ASB loan, is there a lock period where I am not allowed to withdraw full amount of my money deposited to repay my full loan amount? (Incase got rainy days where I can no longer afford the monthly installment and just want to repay the full loan).
2) Let say I want to have a monthly repayment of rm250, how many years and what amount of loan am I able to secure?
3) What is the salary requirements?
4) From all of the sifus opinion here, which bank offers the best deal for ASB loan? I'm thinking Maybank, since can just auto deduct straight from my salary each month
5) Is this whole "short term game" of ASB borrowing generally advisable? Or is it just better to just put my own money each month at my convenience into ASB without making any loans?
Thanks in advance

To make you understand better about ASBF you need to know what is the advantage first.
ASB financing is a method you use the bank money (OPM) to optimize your return.
For example if u are making asb saving;
540 monthly
for 10 years you only will get a total of RM92,890. Nett profit is only RM28,090.
while
if u are making 100k asbf with the same monthly RM540
Terminate at year 10 and you will get RM115,251. Nett profit is RM50,451.
The different is about RM22,361 in 10 years.
There are many method that can be use in asb financing suit with your objective and financial capability.
About the question you ask;
1) There are no longer lock in period at most bank. Thats mean you can terminate anytime you want without to pay any penalty. However if you apply your loan with takaful its recommended not to terminate less than 3 years otherwise you might need to pay the shortfall.
2) If you can up a little bit the monthly from 250 to 270 you can apply 50k loan with 30 years tenure.
3) At cimb if your salary is below than 3000 than your dsr must no be more than 60% and if your salary 3000 and above your dsr must not be more than 85%. What is dsr? You will ask this question.
The debt service coverage ratio, also known as "debt coverage ratio", is the ratio of cash available for debt servicing to interest, principal and lease payments
4) CIMB interest rate now is 5.05%.
5) Yes, you can choose to make for short term or long term. You will get more with asb financing than asb saving.
Hope this may help you to make your decision. If you want to ask further can private message me. I'm always happy to share my knowledge about asb financing.
-haziq-