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What is a Repayment Mortgage?

A repayment mortgage is the type of mortgage that most people think about. The idea behind a repayment mortgage is that you pay monthly for a set period and each payment consists of an element of capital and interest.

A repayment mortgage is one for which each monthly payment contributes to the capital and the interest that is to be repaid over the term of the mortgage. Assuming that the contractual payment is made each month for the full term of the mortgage, at the end of the term the mortgage will be fully repaid.

With a repayment mortgage your monthly payments consist of both the capital amount borrowed together with accrued interest. Your lender will keep you advised about how much you have repaid.

Initially, most of your monthly payment pays off the interest and what's left goes towards reducing what you've actually borrowed. As time goes on, the 'balance' changes and as the interest charges reduce, more and more of your monthly repayment is used to reduce the loan.

A repayment mortgage is a mortgage contract under which the customer is obliged to make payments of interest and capital which are designed to repay the mortgage over the stated term. As long as you keep up the payments, the whole loan will be paid off over the term of the loan. Many people opt for a repayment mortgage on for this very reason - a repayment mortgage is the safest option as it means that you will have that guarantee.

With a repayment mortgages the entire mortgage is paid back over an agreed period of time. This is referred to as the mortgage's term and is usually set at 25 years. When the mortgage's term has come to an end, providing all the repayments have been met, the property will be in the hands of the homeowner.

A repayment mortgage means that each month you make a payment to your lender which consists of both a repayment of part of the loan and a payment of the interest on your loan.

You are reducing your debt every month, and as a safeguard you will need to arrange life assurance, which is often a compulsory requirement with mortgage lenders so that should you die before the end of the term your mortgage will be paid off.

Deciding which mortgage is best for you depends on a few factors, which is why it's important for you to do your financial homework first. Repayment mortgages are regarded as the safest option, hence their appeal to the more cautious investor. They are certainly much easier to understand and you should have no trouble working out your monthly incomings and outgoings.

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John Mussi is the founder of Direct Online Loans who help UK homeowners find the best available loans via the http://www.directonlineloans.co.uk website.

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