The offer is not conditional on you taking out a fixed or variable rate offering either, the product you choose has no bearing on the 2% incentive. Is it worth taking them up on this offer then? Well their variable rate for example is one of the highest in the market if the loan to value exceeds 80% at 4.5%. And when you compare this rate to other providers who are charging a lower rate of 3.9% the difference in monthly repayments assuming a mortgage of €250,000 over a 25 year period is c. €84 per month. If rates stayed the same then the breakeven point when the €5,000 is used up to make up the difference in monthly repayments is at month 59 (€5,000/84) So, whilst the lure of immediate cash is attractive particularly to first time buyers who might need the funds to furnish the property or replace savings used to gather the deposit, the long term benefit might not be assuming rates stayed the same over the mortgage term, for example, when you compare one lender offering cash back incentives with higher rates and another offering no incentives but lower rates, you find the following assuming a loan amount €250,000 over a term of 30 years: Cash Back Incentive but Higher Rates Institution: Bank of Ireland Interest Rate: 4.5% Total Interest Repayments: €216,016 Less Cash incentive of €5,000 Total collected by Bank of Ireland: €201,016 No Cash Back but Lower Rates Institution: AIB Interest Rate: 3.9% Total Interest Repayments: €174,501 Less Cash Incentive €0 Total collected by AIB: €174,501 So, the question I guess here is can you do more with the €5,000 right now than you could with repaying €884 more each year than you need to for the next 30 years?
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September 2015
Liam CrokeManaging Director of Harmonics Financial Categories |