Housing company loan in your own name

  • Charge for the financing costs or a loan of your own?
  • Usually when a housing company takes out a renovation loan, the shareholders will repay it gradually to the housing company as a part of the financial consideration.
  • The terms and conditions for a housing company loan, however, are the same for all shareholders, and therefore you cannot influence the amount of financial consideration that you will eventually have to pay. 
  • By taking out a personal loan from Nordea for paying off your share of the housing company loan, you can decide on a loan repayment schedule that best suits your situation.

Features

A personal loan has many advantages compared to the housing company loan.

  • We tailor the loan period and interest and other terms and conditions in accordance with your needs. Compare: The terms and conditions of housing company loans are the same for everyone, and the financial consideration may become too high to manage for some shareholders.
  • The interest on a personal loan taken out for home acquisition and renovation is tax deductible. Compare: You cannot deduct the interest of a housing company loan in your personal taxation.
  • If your financial situation changes, you can change the repayment schedule by, for example, using instalment-free months. Compare: With a housing company loan a single shareholder’s situation cannot be catered to.

There are several options for converting a housing company loan into a personal loan. The property management company will give you information on the terms of the housing company loan, the amount of your share and the payment dates.

Fees and prices of a home loan
Foreign currency credit

Interest and fees on a home loan

The biggest expenses in a home loan consist of the loan margin you have negotiated and the reference rate chosen, such as the 12-month Euribor. However, a home loan often includes other smaller expenses, including an initial opening fee or repayment fees. The total of all these costs is expressed through the annual percentage rate of charge (APR). 

Example of a home loan and the annual percentage rate of charge

Example calculation: You take out a loan of 155,000 euros. The loan period is 24 years and the interest rate is 4.50% (October 2023). The APR is 4.7%, including an opening fee of 620 euros and a monthly fee of 2.50 euros for the automatic debiting of loan payments. The number of payments is 288. The total amount of the loan and loan costs is 256,796 euros. The monthly payment (annuity) is 887 euros. 

The amount of the loan, the loan period and the interest are a representative example for the home loans offered by Nordea. Please note that the example calculation above is indicative and does not necessarily correspond to the actual annual percentage rate of charge on the loan to be granted to you. You can check the fees and prices of our home loans from our tariff below. 

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Common fees on home loans

ItemPrice

Arrangement fee*

0,4% but at least 300 €
Increased arrangement fee for a loan with a third-party pledge or guarantee
The increase is not applied to interest-subsidised ASP loans
100,00 €
Partial drawdown30,00 €
Automatic debiting of repayments of loans drawn down before 1 February 2021, per debit2,30 €
Automatic debiting of repayments of loans drawn down after 31 January 2021, per debit
2,50 €

Adding FlexiPayment to a home loan in Norden Mobile or Netbank
(Adding FlexiPayment to an existing home loan always requires automatic debiting of loan payments, which is subject to a fee in accordance with our tariff)

0,00 €

Adding FlexiPayment to a new home loan by an employee at a branch or by phone/with a message through Nordea Customer Service

0,00 €
Adding FlexiPayment to an existing home loan by an employee at a branch or by phone/with a message through Nordea Customer Service
(Adding FlexiPayment to an existing home loan always requires automatic debiting of loan payments, which is subject to a fee in accordance with our tariff)
250,00 €
Advance notice of loan debiting by letter or through Netbank0,00 €
Loan payment, paper invoice4,10 €
Payment reminder to the borrower, guarantor or third-party pledger (per reminder)5,00 €
Change to repayment schedule in Nordea Mobile or Netbank150,00 € 
Change to repayment schedule by an employee at a branch or by phone/with a message through Nordea Customer Service250,00 €
Change to due date or loan servicing account in Nordea Mobile or Netbank (minor change to repayment schedule)
0,00 €
Change to due date or loan servicing account at a branch or by phone/with a message through Nordea Customer Service (minor change to repayment schedule)
50,00 €
Change of borrower or a situation where one of the borrowers assumes liability for the loan alone. **200,00 €
Change to interest rate in Nordea Mobile or Netbank250,00 €
Change to interest rate by an employee at a branch or by phone/with a message through Nordea Customer Service300,00 €
Change to margin by an employee at a branch or by phone/with a message through Nordea Customer Service250,00 €
Obtaining a guarantor’s or pledge owner’s consent to change the loan terms and conditions, such as the repayment schedule or reference rate35,00 €
Transfer of a loan to another bank upon the customer’s request. Charged to the receiving bank. **150,00 €
Sending loan documents. Charge from the borrower for sending a loan document to another bank for obtaining a guarantee or a signature, per sending (incl. VAT 24%). Does not apply to loans intermediated from government funds.30,00 €
Sending collateral to another bank 30,00 €
Certificate requested by the customer stating the amount of debt and paid interest10,00 €

Charges related to unsecured home loans drawn down after 1 September 2019

ItemPrice
Payment reminder to the borrower, guarantor or third-party pledger (per reminder)5,00 €
Transfer of a loan to another bank upon the customer’s request. Charged to the receiving bank. **150,00 €
Certificate requested by the customer stating the amount of debt and paid interest10,00 €
*) An arrangement fee is charged in connection with the first drawdown and with a raise or renewal of a loan. 
**) Does not apply to loans intermediated from government funds.

Foreign currency credit

Consumers are not granted loans in any other currency than euro.

A housing loan is considered to be currency credit if the loan is granted in a foreign currency other than that of the EU Members State or the state of belonging to the European Economic Area where the consumer resides. Furthermore, a housing loan is considered to be foreign currency credit if the consumer receives his or her income in another currency of a state of the European Economic Area or in currency of a state of European Economic Area. 

A foreign exchange risk occurs when the borrower's income or assets to be used to repay the credit are not in the same currency as the credit or the credit is not in the currency of borrower's country of residence. A foreign exchange risk refers to the change in price of one currency in relation to another. During the loan period, the value of the credit or the monthly payment may increase in relation to the borrower's income or assets or the currency of the borrower's country of residence. 

If the foreign currency of the borrower's country of residence, income or assets falls by 20 per cent in relation to the euro, the borrower receives a warning that the borrower's loan amount will increase in borrower's national currency.

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