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Fixed rate home loans with offset accounts let you lock in set mortgage repayments but also get the interest-saving benefits of an offset account. Offset accounts are more common on variable rate loans, and only a few lenders offer them on fixed rates too. Some of the current options are listed below.
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Fixed rate mortgages let you lock in a rate for a set period, usually 1 to 5 years. Some lenders also offer fixed rate terms for as long as 10 years.
A fixed rate loan with a 100% offset account lets you save money on the interest you pay. The balance of your offset account will offset your principal loan amount, and you don't pay interest on that portion of the loan. Any money you would normally pay as interest is paid towards your home loan principal instead – so you'll actually end up owning your home outright sooner.
Offset accounts are not offered on all fixed rate loans.
Let’s compare 2 scenarios with Donny, our savvy borrower.
In the first example, Donny has a home loan with a rate of 5.0%. His loan size is $500,000 and his repayments are approximately $2,685 a month. He’ll pay a total of $966,279 over the 30 years that he has the loan, $466,279 of which is interest.
If Donny has an offset account and keeps $20,000 in it over the course of his loan, he would pay off his loan 1 year and 10 months earlier and would save $60,011 in interest. That means he'll own his home more than a year earlier, saving a full year of mortgage repayments – all because of a simple offset feature!
His repayments would still be the same, but more of each repayment would go towards the principal (the original loan amount).
Use our offset calculator to see how much you could save
While getting a 10-year fixed rate home loan might be a good idea if you want to keep your repayments the same over the next decade, you will pay more if interest rates drop.
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Thirty year fixed rate home loans are a great way to lock in a great interest rate for the entirety of your loan but Australia doesn’t currently offer this lengthy loan option.
If you are looking to invest or you want to reduce your repayments, you may want to compare fixed rate interest-only home loans.
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