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Your Savings Could Be Paying Down Your Home Loan, Lendly
Live · Your Effective Balance
Home loan₹1.00 Cr
Parked balance₹10.0 L
₹90.0 L effective balance for interest calculation
How ₹90L can work for you → ✕
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Your home loan
₹1 Cr
Parked in linked account
₹10 L
Effective balance for interest
₹90 Lakh

First, see what actually happens to your money.

Drag the slider. Watch how much of your ₹1 Crore loan stops attracting interest, for as long as your surplus stays parked, without a single rupee leaving your account permanently.

Home loan
₹1.00 Cr
Parked balance
₹10.0 L
Effective balance
₹90.0 L
₹0Surplus parked (in ₹ Lakh)₹30 L
₹1 Cr loan− ₹10 L parked= ₹90 L effective

With a suitable OD-linked home loan, the lender considers your parked balance while calculating applicable interest. You haven't prepaid a single rupee. If you need the money, you can withdraw it, subject to the facility's terms.

Illustration only. Actual calculation, rate, limits and withdrawal rules vary by lender.

Now imagine your money moving throughout the year.

Click through the months. Your parked balance isn't a one-time decision. It moves with your life, and the benefit moves with it.

This is why OD is different from a normal prepayment.

Same ₹10L. Two very different outcomes. Tap to compare.

You have ₹10L
↓
You put ₹10L into the home loan
↓
Your loan permanently reduces, but that ₹10L is no longer in your savings. Need it later? You may need another source of finance.
You have ₹10L
↓
You park ₹10L in the eligible linked account
↓
Your applicable interest calculation can reduce. Need it later? Withdraw it. Surplus comes back? Park it again.

Prepayment reduces your loan permanently. OD lets your surplus work against the loan, while staying accessible.

Your bonus could be doing more than you think.

Adjust your bonus amount below and see it work against your loan, while staying fully yours to withdraw whenever you need it.

Your bonus
₹5,00,000
Parked & working
₹5,00,000
₹1 LBonus size (₹ Lakh)₹15 L

You could spend it. You could permanently prepay. Or, park it. While it stays parked, it reduces the balance used for interest calculation. Need ₹2L six months later? Withdraw it. Next bonus comes in? Park it again.

Your surplus keeps working, whenever it stays parked.

And it doesn't have to be a bonus.

Tap each card: this is the everyday money that could be working for you.

💼
Salary surplus
Tap to reveal
Every month
Money left after your regular expenses, usually the first candidate for parking.
🛟
Emergency fund
Tap to reveal
Kept aside
Money you want available, but hopefully don't need every month.
🎁
Annual bonus
Tap to reveal
Once or twice a year
A large amount that arrives all at once, and can work hard while it waits.
📈
Business surplus
Tap to reveal
Professional income
Cash that may be needed later for the business, but is idle right now.
🏦
Maturity proceeds
Tap to reveal
Planned inflows
Money that has a purpose, but not an immediate one.
💤
Idle balance
Tap to reveal
Sitting in savings
Earning next to nothing, while your loan quietly keeps accruing interest.
Instead of asking
"Should I prepay this?"
Ask
"Will I need this money again?"

Yes → an OD structure may be worth evaluating. No → a regular prepayment may be simpler.

Here's where the real benefit comes from.

Set your parked amount, rate and holding period, and see the simple-interest impact.

₹10 L
7.5%
5 yrs
Approximate simple-interest impact
₹3.75 L
That's roughly ₹6,250/month of interest that would otherwise apply, before amortisation, rate changes, withdrawals, taxes or charges.

Illustration only. Actual savings vary by loan structure, calculation method, withdrawals and lender charges.

Now think bigger.

You don't have just one ₹10L event. Click each amount to add or remove it from your running balance.

+ ₹5L bonus this year
→
+ ₹3L surplus next year
→
+ ₹5L more
→
+ ₹10L emergency fund
→
− ₹2L major expense
→
+ ₹4L parked again
Currently working against your loan ₹0 L

This is where an OD structure becomes powerful for high-income borrowers with regular surplus cash. Not because of one giant lump sum, but because your money keeps coming back to work.

Who should seriously look at this?

A Home Loan OD becomes particularly interesting when you have:

A large home loan
The bigger the outstanding loan, the more meaningful surplus parking can become.
Regular surplus cash
You consistently have money left after your normal expenses.
Large bonuses
You receive ₹5L, ₹10L or more periodically.
A substantial emergency fund
You want liquidity, but don't want money sitting completely idle.
An early closure goal
You want to reduce interest burden and become debt-free sooner.
Fluctuating cash flows
Your available surplus changes throughout the year.

If your money regularly sits idle, this is worth understanding.

But don't choose OD just because it sounds smart.

This is where the comparison matters. Six things worth checking before you sign anything.

📊
Interest rate
An OD-linked loan may carry a different rate from a regular home loan.
💳
Charges
Processing fees, account charges and other costs affect the economics.
🚧
OD limit
You may not be able to use an unlimited amount.
🔓
Withdrawal rules
Access to the money depends on the facility's terms.
🧮
Interest calculation method
The actual benefit depends on the lender's method and balance maintained.
🧠
Your own behaviour
Keep withdrawing every time money comes in, and the benefit shrinks fast.
6/6
Worth checking every one of these before you sign, no matter how good the pitch sounds.

The best OD is not the one with the fanciest name. It's the one that works with your actual cash flow.

Your bank may already have this. You just know it by a different name.

"Home Loan OD" isn't the name every lender uses:

MaxGain Max Saver Super Saver Home Saver Flexi Home Loan OD Home Loan

Don't choose based on the name. Ask these five questions:

01Can I park surplus money?+
Confirm the facility actually allows you to deposit surplus into a linked account against the loan, not every product does.
02Does the parked balance reduce the applicable interest calculation?+
Ask exactly how: daily reducing balance, average monthly balance, or something else. This changes the real benefit significantly.
03Can I withdraw the money when I need it?+
Understand any notice period, frequency limits or minimum-balance conditions attached to withdrawals.
04What are the limits and charges?+
Look at the OD limit, account maintenance charges, and any processing or conversion fees.
05Is the overall cost better than my regular home-loan option?+
Compare the OD rate plus charges against a plain vanilla loan rate, sometimes the simpler option wins.

That's what you should compare across banks.

So, what should you do with your next ₹10 Lakhs?

Put it into a regular savings account?Maybe.
Permanently prepay your home loan?Maybe.
Put it into an OD-linked home loan?Maybe.

The answer depends on your loan and your money.

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We'll help you see the numbers before you decide.

  • Loan amount
  • Interest rate
  • Remaining tenure
  • Savings available
  • Annual bonuses
  • Monthly surplus
  • Liquidity needs
  • Loan closure goal
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