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Early settlement???????

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a2lt16v
a2lt16v Posts: 16 Forumite
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I got a 7500 loan in September 2011 over 60months

At 8.5% the total to pay back was about 9124 I have 2433 left if I let it run to the end with the £152 payments each month.


I have 16 months left to pay and just got a quote of 2340 settlement figure including 56 days interest

What is the interest based on the original loan amount or what's left

I was expecting the figure to be around £2000

Any help I also believe if I send a lump some in I can avoid the interest but I forgot to ask how much of that final fee was made up of interest

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  • a2lt16v
    a2lt16v Posts: 16 Forumite
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    Excuse spelling my phone thinks it knows best
  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    edited 16 June 2015 at 2:05PM
    Based on your figures after 44 months of payments the capital balance outstanding would be approx £2,310.
    The 56 days interest would be around £32.

    This http://www.theguardian.com/money/loan-repayment-calculator-interest-rates is a useful tool to show how the loan works, with more of the interest payable in the early part of the loan, and very little charged over the last few months.
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  • a2lt16v
    a2lt16v Posts: 16 Forumite
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    I thought they weren't allowed to bias the interest at the start of the loan anymore is that not the dodgy rule of 78
  • [Deleted User]
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    The interest isn't 'biased'. It's the same rate, simply charged on a larger amount.
  • a2lt16v
    a2lt16v Posts: 16 Forumite
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    My other loan wasn't like that they decided the interest equally for each month I just presumed this one would be like that as well


    Never mind least I can get it cleared anyway was just more than I had thought
  • [Deleted User]
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    The payments will have been split evenly each month. But the interest is still higher at the start of the loan, so a greater % of your repayment goes towards the interest.
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