{"id":2571,"date":"2022-11-24T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/increasing-your-mortgage-payments-in-line-with-inflation\/"},"modified":"2022-11-24T11:22:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T16:22:45","slug":"increasing-your-mortgage-payments-in-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/increasing-your-mortgage-payments-in-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Decrease Your Interest Payments and Pay Your Mortgage Faster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To combat rising interest rates, especially if you are locked into a variable mortgage, some lenders allow you to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prepay<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a set amount annually to decrease your principal owing. This will lower the amount of total interest you\u2019ll pay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exact amount depends on your financial <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">institution<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and mortgage terms, however, keep in mind that if you decide to pay more than the maximum allowed amount you may be charged a prepayment penalty.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Turn Your Mortgage Cents into Interest Dollars<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the ongoing media talk about a potential recession in the new year, it\u2019s difficult to envision a willful increase in mortgage payments. In past studies, they have found that less than 25% of Canadians took the action to make an extra payment toward their mortgage balance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/impact-of-rates-on-home-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Impact of Rising Interest Rates on Home Prices in Canada<\/a>\n<p><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it is important to keep in mind that every year inflation rises an average of 2%, with this year being an exception at 6.9% as of October 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So why not consider adjusting your mortgage payments to get the most out of your dollars?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s Talk Numbers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s say that the average mortgage balance in the country is around $500,000, at about 4.84% with a 25-year amortization, making the average mortgage payment $2,863\u00a0 per month. This means the average homeowner pays roughly $34,356 per year. Upping this by two percent equates to less than $700 that first year. Would you notice a roughly $57 increase per month?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tool: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/mortgage-calculator\">Get the lowest interest rates by comparing lenders with our mortgage calculator<\/a>\n<p><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By increasing your payments by 2% annually, you can actually eliminate nearly 25% of the funds you would have paid in interest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think you can handle even more? Try popping mortgage payments increased by different percentage points into an online mortgage calculator and check out the amortization table for yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your annual household income is about $70,000 and rises 2% per year, that\u2019s an extra $1,400 your first year and so on for you to budget into rising costs accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may also want to implement this strategy in conjunction with a switch to bi-weekly accelerated mortgage payments. Using the example above, switching to bi-weekly would mean making 26 payments of roughly $1,431, for a total contribution of $37,206 to your mortgage per year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s already nearly $2,850 more per annum than a monthly payment would allow, and would slice years off your 25-year amortization. Couple that with a 2% increase to your mortgage payments per annum and you will have your mortgage paid down even quicker!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information and to get help with number crunching, contact your mortgage broker or lender. Where possible, and where you are comfortable doing so, manage your mortgage changes online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>This article was provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/canequity.com\/\">CanEquity.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Published: May 13, 2011<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Last Updated: November 24, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To combat rising interest rates, especially if you are locked into a variable mortgage, some lenders allow you to prepay a set amount annually to decrease your principal owing. This will lower the amount of total interest you\u2019ll pay. 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