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Mortgage Prepayment

An mortgage payment that is optional and made earlier than necessary.

Mortgage prepayments are applied directly to principal, thus saving you interest for the remainder of your amortization period.

 

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Last modified: November 4, 2011

Robert McLister is one of Canada’s best-known mortgage experts. A mortgage columnist for The Globe and Mail, interest rate analyst and editor of MortgageLogic.news, Rob has been covering Canada's mortgage market since 2007.

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