Archive · 2 Nov 2025
Home Loan Hacks Could Save Borrowers Over ₹30 Lakh
Imagine you have a big loan for your house, like a piggy bank you have to pay back for many years.
At the beginning, most of the money you pay back goes to the bank as 'rent' (interest), not to pay off the actual house cost (principal).
This story shares two smart ways to pay back your house loan faster and cheaper.
First, you can pay just a little bit extra, like one extra payment every year.
Second, you can agree to pay a little more each year as your allowance increases.
Doing these things can save you a lot of money and help you finish paying for your house much sooner, almost like finishing your chores early to get more playtime!
Small changes in home loan repayment strategy can cut loan tenure and interest burden significantly.
Paying one extra EMI per year can save ₹14.85 lakh and reduce loan term by 44 months.
A 5% annual step-up in EMIs can shorten the loan term to 12.4 years and save ₹25.72 lakh.
Combining both strategies can save over ₹30.6 lakh and reduce the loan period to 11 years.
Prioritizing prepayments in the first 5-7 years and avoiding bundled loan insurance are also recommended.
- Who
- Sujit Bangar, founder of TaxBuddy.com, and hypothetical borrower Suraj
- What
- Two strategies to significantly reduce home loan tenure and interest payments: paying one extra EMI annually and increasing EMIs by 5% each year.
- When
- Ongoing, with emphasis on the early years of the loan.
- Where
- India (implied by currency symbol ₹)
- Why
- To save significant amounts on interest and shorten the loan repayment period.
- Loan Amount
- ₹60 lakh
- Interest Rate
- 9%
- Original Loan Tenure
- 20 years
- Example Savings
- Over ₹30.6 lakh
- Example Tenure Reduction
- Nearly 9 years