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Hi. Im about few months away to getting my bto key. My qns is that is it wise to pay a minimum sum for hdb loan of 25 years (rather than pay in full) as I currently have around $200k kept aside as cpf investment. Reason for this is that I plan to move another time by the time my 5 yrs mop ends and the 200k investment will reap more rewards to eventually cash out and purchase a resale home afterwards. Futhermore, i will have to pay less accured intrest rates to hdb since paid lesser during the 5 years stay right?
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YT Tan (陈永达)
Good afternoon,

You are right that if you use lesser CPF OA funds, you will incur lesser accrued interest and therefore you will have a slighly better sales proceeds in the future.

Your plan will work even better if you refinance to bank loan as its interest rates is almost halved of HDB loan's 2.6% while your CPF OA funds stays in your account attracting 2.5%.

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Hi,

Yes if you have plans to sell after 5 years, and is confident to make your funds generate a return that is higher than the interest rate, it is actually better to not pay down the loan so early. You are right that less accrued interest will be payable since less CPF is utilized by the end of 5 years, and you may also want to consider bank loan since some banks are able to offer fixed rates at around 1.5% - 1.65% for 3 years - 5 years, which is more appealing than hdb 2.6% interest rates.

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Hi,

1) You are at the advantage of keeping investment funds aside. Otherwise, by using the HDB loan, the HDB will wipe off the remaining except $20k in your CPF OA.
2) Anyway, you may do refinancing later if you think your investment did not produce the result you aim for.
3) There is no penalty incurred for refinancing the HDB loan, you may do it with your returned CPF from investment from time to time at your HDB branch office.

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Robbie Chen Chee Howe
Hi,

Yes, you're right. I think you know how this works. Just pay the minimum 10% downpayment and take up 90% loan. Save your Cash and CPF for your next property.

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