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What will I pay in the month after
my mortgage completes?
In the first full month after your mortgage
completes, the payment you will have to make
is a full contractual monthly payment plus any
mortgage interest carried forward from the
month when your mortgage completed.
Your first monthly payment will be reduced by the
Offset Benefit you have earned by the end of the
month when your mortgage completes. This is
because each monthly payment is reduced by
the amount of Offset Benefit that you have earned
in the previous month.
What will I pay each month thereafter?
Each of the following monthly payments will be
reduced by the Offset Benefit earned during the
previous month. If the total balance held in your
offset accounts fluctuates during the month, this
will be reflected in the following month’s payment.
If I choose ‘payment reduction’ and
have exactly the same in savings
as I have on my mortgage, will I pay
or receive any interest?
This is known as 100% offset, and in theory it
would mean you pay no interest on your mortgage
and receive no interest on your savings. In reality
there would be slight anomalies. The monthly
mortgage payment is calculated as 1/12th of the
annual interest plus any capital repayment due
(i.e. each ‘month’ is 30.4 days) whereas the Offset
Benefit is based on the actual number of days
in the calendar month. For example, the mortgage
payment for March would be for 30.4 days less
the Offset Benefit earned during the 28 days of
February and there would, therefore, be a small
amount to pay.
How many people can be part
of an Offset Mortgage?
Offset mortgages can be offered to one or
two applicants.
Which accounts can I use to offset?
Many Barclays current and instant access savings
accounts are eligible to be offset as well as all
Barclays Mini Cash ISAs. With the exception of
Cash ISAs we will automatically link all eligible
savings and current accounts. However, you cannot
offset Bonds. Check with your Mortgage Adviser
if your Barclays accounts are eligible to be offset.
If you don’t have a suitable Barclays account,
we can open one for you.
Can I offset accounts in individual
names on a joint mortgage?
Yes, you can offset the savings or current accounts
of an individual as long as they are named on the
mortgage. Please be aware that eligible accounts
in a sole name will automatically be linked to the
offset mortgage, and account and balance details
for both joint and individual accounts will appear
on the monthly Offset statement.
How and when do I choose which
accounts to offset?
You can open additional savings accounts at any
time before your mortgage completes if you wish
to keep your savings in different accounts. We will
link all eligible savings and current accounts to
your mortgage when it completes but not your
Cash ISAs. You will receive a letter confirming the
accounts that have been offset and you can contact
us if you wish to open new accounts or to offset any
Cash ISAs.
If you decide that there are accounts that you
would prefer were not automatically offset against
your Offset mortgage, please call 0800 022 4022*
and speak to the Offset Linking Team.
Will I get credit interest on my savings?
No, from the day your mortgage completes and
your Offset Arrangement is set up, your linked
savings will stop earning interest.The total balance
of your offset accounts will instead be used to
reduce the mortgage balance that interest is
calculated on. The interest you save every month
is known as your Offset Benefit.
How can an Offset Mortgage reduce
the length of my mortgage?
If you choose ‘term reduction’, we’ll collect your full
monthly mortgage payment, and the interest saved
from offsetting your savings (your Offset Benefit)
will be used to reduce the capital part of your
mortgage, thus helping to pay it off sooner.
If I choose to reduce my monthly
payments, how will I know what I’m
paying each month?
We’ll send you an Offset statement at the end of
each month showing a daily breakdown of the
Offset Benefit you have earned from any accounts
you have linked to your mortgage. This statement
will also show the monthly payment that we will
collect by direct debit in the following month.
What will my payment be in the month
my mortgage completes?
As your mortgage can complete at any time during
the month we will not collect your first payment
until the following month. However, you will begin
to earn Offset Benefit on the total balances in the
accounts that you have linked to your mortgage.
Your questions answered
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