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Jack and Adrian purchased a $400,000 property by using an $80,000 EFM 6 years ago. They have now sold their property for $400,000. This means that there is no capital appreciation.
As the EFM portion was 20% of the property value at purchase, Jack and Adrian will be required to pay the original EFM amount of $80,000 plus an additional 40% of the capital appreciation, which in this case is $0.
Jack and Adrian will therefore be repaying the EFM amount originally borrowed only, effectively allowing them to have borrowed $80,000, at no cost, for 6 years.
The example below demonstrates how this works:
| Property value at sale: | $400,000 | | Less original property value: | $400,000 | | Capital appreciation: | $0 | | Original EFM amount (20%): | $80,000 | | plus appreciation payment (40%): | $0 | | Total EFM repayment: | $80,000 | | Traditional home loan repayment: | $248,591 | | Jack and Adrian's equity after repaying the EFM and traditional home loan: | $71,409 |
In order to help you understand how the EFM product works, we have had the leading consumer information company, InfoChoice, develop an EFM comparison calculator and an EFM repayment calculator. You can click on these links to use the calculators.
These tools will help you compare an EFM to a normal home loan or work out the future repayments that you might need to make under an EFM.
We strongly recommend that you obtain independent legal and financial advice in relation to this EFM loan prior to entering into the EFM loan contract.
Please carefully read and review the EFM Disclosure Document available on this website or through one of our accredited lenders. This website does not take into account your personal objectives, financial situation, or particular needs. You should obtain a copy of the EFM Disclosure Document (available on this website) and the EFM Terms and Conditions Booklet from one of our accredited lenders and consider them before making a decision about whether to enter into an EFM.
Note: This example excludes application fees and other fees such as valuation fees, account keeping fees, transaction fees and lenders mortgage insurance (if applicable) as well as transaction costs associated with refinancing a home loan such as stamp duty, government fees, conveyancing fees and stamp duty on lenders mortgage insurance. For any additional assumptions used in calculating this example please refer to the assumptions page. |