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6% apr savings vs overpaying repayment mortgage

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  • ViolaLass
    ViolaLass Posts: 5,764 Forumite
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    On mortgage accounts the interest is compounded monthly (i.e. calculated daily and added to the account once a month). Whereas on savings accounts the interest is often only credited once a year.

    Agree about when it's credited, but in terms of which would save the OP money, daily/yearly interest isn't an issue (since they're both calculated daily AND the savings rate is so much higher than the mortgage rate).
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