Types of mortgages, and their differences

There are 2 common types of loans, annuity based and linear based. You will find most relevant aspects of each loan stated below.

Aspects of annuity based loans:

  • interest cost component (in green) will decrease
  • repayment cost component (in blue) will increase
  • net monthly cost level will increase if income is taxed in the Netherlands
  • immediate repayment from the start of the loan period
  • total costs of repayment higher than compared to similar linear loan variant
  • at the expiry date of the interest fixed period your monthly cost level will change

Aspects of linear based loans:

  • interest cost component (in green) will decrease
  • repayment cost component (in blue) remains equal during loan period
  • Initial monthly payments higher than similar annuity based loan but decreasing in time
  • gross monthly cost level as well as net monthly cost level will decrease in time
  • immediate repayment from the start of the loan period
  • total costs of repayment lower than compared to similar annuity based loan variant
  • at the expiry date of the interest fixed period your monthly cost level will change

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