Showing posts with label capital repayment. Show all posts
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31 July 2011

Housing Loan Reduction from EPF Account II - To withdraw or not to withdraw?


Question I have been asking: Is it always wise to withdraw EPF Account 2 for Home Mortgage Capital Repayment or in layman terms, reducing housing loan?

In the The Do’s and Don’t’s of EPF Withdrawal during an interview session at ntv7, Mr Yap Ming Hui stated that generally, if the “mortgage interest rate far exceed 5% (EPF dividend return)”, then it is advisable to do so.

Next question is, how much is “far exceeding” in this case?

I have been doing some simulation.
Referring to the table here:


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