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Overpaying nationwide loan

Does anyone know their policy ie do they reduce the term or reduce the monthly payment?

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  • Hoenir
    Hoenir Posts: 7,742 Forumite
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    On the basis that the repayments are contractually fixed. The outcome will be that you'll clear the loan earlier. 
  • OK thanks so monthly payment same , term reduced 
  • Paul_01
    Paul_01 Posts: 414 Forumite
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    edited 29 May 2025 at 5:46PM
    Above is correct. Monthly instalments remain the same. Just checked my own Nationwide loan.
  • Thanks for the confirmation 
  • Last year I had a Nationwide loan for only a month.(Although that wasn't the original intention). It was to part finance the purchase a car. I started overpaying even before the first payment was due. No issues at all. I quickly decided I didn't like the idea of having a loan at all and paid it off in full with a few weeks using savings. Savings were depleted, but I saved myself over £1000 in interest. Again I encountered no difficulties with over payments. Having online banking with them meant I could see daily how much I had outstanding.
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