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kenji1903
post Nov 17 2007, 01:30 AM

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QUOTE(X-Zen @ Nov 16 2007, 12:44 PM)
Guys,

Any cons on those flexi loan whereby you can put in extra money and withdraw them anytime, and those extra money you put in will reduce your principal hence your interest amount?

For example your loan is 500k and the interest is 6.75% per annum, you dump it 500k inside hence your interest become 0 and you only service the loan amount every month.

Can it be equate to investing 500k and getting a 6.75% return?

The only cons I can think of is you can get better return if your invest your 500k elsewhere.
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there's a term called "minimum charge"... banks are smarter than you think smile.gif

cons is the interest rate is slightly higher than conventional loans...
well... that's my research based on last year, this year a lot of bank are offering BLR - 2%... darn...

Go for StanChart's Mortgage One... RM10 per month, unlimited transactions... some banks like UOB charge per transaction...
kenji1903
post Nov 17 2007, 11:49 PM

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QUOTE(Daven81 @ Nov 17 2007, 03:45 PM)
not sure about the min charges. but most there will be a fee charged per month (rm10 - std chartered, alliance) and rm5 - ambank for flexi loan. 1 time setup fee of rm200. basically all your extra payment goes to your current account therefore no fees when you withdraw money from your account.

kenji, u mean a lot of banks offering -2 for flexi loan? i have yet to find -2 whole tenure for conventional - do let me know which bank?  smile.gif
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nope conventional, OCBC offering BLR-2% for KK Wetlands
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post May 25 2008, 07:26 AM

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QUOTE(Errie @ May 25 2008, 02:19 AM)
Normally I'll suggest customer to take max loan tenure n max loan. Cuz since u're so young, if u take max tenure then the monthly installemnt will be lesser. So mayb u got extra money you can do others investment..money make money. if u loan 100k u also allowed to dump in 100k so the bank will charge u 0% interest, no any charges, no penalty..
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can i know what bank is this so that i can recommend my dad for refinance? smile.gif

there is a minimum charge if you place a cash amount equivalent to your loan outstanding amount... i too have a housing loan and i've spent some time surveying most of the banks around...

also, it will be wiser to pay off the loan unless you have an investment that is give you higher per annum returns compared to your housing loan interest rate...

 

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