Repayment type

Repayment type

A repayment type is generally Principal & Interest or Interest Only.

Differences between these repayment types:

Principal and interest repayments

  • This means you will be paying down your principal balance (as well as interest it accrues) from your first repayment.
  • You could pay less interest over the life of the loan as your principal balance will be reduced by each repayment.
  • Generally have lower interest rates, but as interest rates can change.

Interest only payments

  • You're not reducing the principal balance which interest continues to be calculated on during this period. This may mean paying more interest over the life of the loan.
  • Your minimum payments will be lower during the interest only period as you're not repaying the principal balance.
  • When your interest only period ends your repayments are likely to be higher.

There are two types of repayments. They are Principal & Interest or Interest Only.

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The Repayment Schedule is the process of repaying a loan through a series of regular payments, sometimes referred to as EMIs (Equated monthly instalments), that comprise both the principal (main amount owed) and the interest component.

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