what is prepayment penalty as it relates to a mortgage loan
The prepayment penalty is often 80% of six months interest. It can vary, but in our example it is 80% because the lender allows the borrower to pay off 20% of the loan balance each year, so the penalty only hits the borrower for 80%.o if a borrower has a mortgage rate of 6.5% on a $500,000 loan amount, their interest-only payment comes out to $2708.33 per month. Multiply that by six months, take 80% of the total, and you end up with a hefty prepayment penalty of $13,000. An example of a prepayment penalty: