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Front loading on a loan

I took out a loan of £20,000 2 years ago with Northern Rock. I have been paying £273 a month since then.. and I still owe £20,000 if I want to pay it off today. Is this Legal?

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  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    what was the APR
    how long was the loan for
    did you take out PPI
    were there any payment free months
    are you behind in any payments
    is the loan unsecured
    the agreement will say the settlement figure at 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4
  • It was 5.8% over 10 years

    No PPI

    No Payment free months

    Never missed a payment

    Unsecured

    After 30 months its 20,013.46

    After 60 months its 14,265.15

    After 90 months its 7638.71


    Think I'm going to look into this.. As this can't be right. Going to pay it off anyway, so just want to make sure I'm getting the best deal here.
  • dannynixon
    dannynixon Posts: 418 Forumite
    You will have paid off the interest first, thats why you will still owe 20k
    LBM - 30/07/09
    Started DMP in Oct 2009, went wrong. Due to start new DMP in March/April 2013. Bring it on!
    :beer:
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    there is something very wrong with the figures

    are you sure the loan was 20,000... the figures would be about right if you had borrowed about 25,000?
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