Garantia’s loan guarantee from OP cooperative bank
Garantia’s home loan guarantee is a guarantee subject to charge which you can obtain from an OP cooperative bank when you negotiate on a loan. The maximum euro amount of the loan guarantee is 55,000–125,000 per person or persons per project and a maximum of 30% of the value of the purchased apartment or house, depending on its location. The apartment or house and the customer must fulfil certain guarantee criteria. A customer may have a loan guarantee for one apartment or house in their own use. The loan guarantee is valid for a maximum of 10 years. You will be charged a one-off guarantee fee on the loan guarantee when you draw down the home loan. The size of the guarantee fee depends on the guarantee amount, and part of the fee can be offset with an OP cooperative bank owner-customer’s OP Bonuses. The loan guarantee allows interest rate hedging and changes to the repayment plan of the home loan.
Loan guarantee from an OP cooperative bank
Loan guarantees for home loans are subject to a charge and can be obtained from OP cooperative banks when negotiating the loan in connection with loan negotiations. The maximum amount of a loan guarantee is 50,000 euros per borrower(s) and home. It is valid for a maximum of 15 years.
Loan guarantees are an affordable option: the annual charge is 0.9 percent of the remaining guarantee amount, and OP’s owner-customers can pay it with their OP bonuses. They are also more flexible than government guarantees when it comes to using interest rate hedges and changing the repayment plan.
Government guarantee for a home loan and first-time home buyer’s ASP loan
Home loans and interest-subsidised ASP loans are eligible for a government guarantee when the home is bought to be used as the permanent residence of the buyer or the family. You can agree on the government guarantee with your bank when applying for the loan.
A government guarantee can be granted when the home loan represents at the most 85 per cent (at the most 90 per cent for interest-subsidised ASP loans) of the purchase price of the home. It can cover at the most 20 per cent (at the most 25 per cent for interest-subsidised ASP loans) of the loan, altogether at the maximum 60,000 euros (starting from 1.1.2023).
The government will charge a loan guarantee fee of 2.5 percent of the guaranteed amount with the exception of interest-subsidised ASP loans, which are not subject to this fee
Example of a government guarantee for a home loan
Tiina (19) wanted to buy a studio worth 235,000 euros in Helsinki in a few years. Tiina opened an ASP account in an OP cooperative bank and started saving under the ASP scheme. Tiina estimated that the home she would like to buy costs 235,000 euros, for which she saved the 10% in her ASP account, that is, 23,500 euros. She thus needs 211,500 euros for her home loan.
Tiina’s ASP savings: 23,500 euros
ASP interest-subsidy loan: 211,500 euros
Home’s collateral value: 164,500 euros
Government guarantee: 47,000 euros
The home and government guarantee are sufficient, so Tiina needs no side collateral for her ASP loan.
