Repay fixed-interest loans early

When selling real estate, the bank loans are usually repaid by the seller so that the property can be transferred unencumbered in the land register – with the existing encumbrances, the property would normally be unsaleable. The repayment of the loans is seen – merely – as a precondition for the bank to release the […]

Occupational disability insurance: half-empty or half-full

Concrete or abstract reference – or both?   Any such general distinctions in occupational disability insurance (BU) are ultimately not conducive to classifying concrete insurance conditions according to them. However, there can be transitions, theoretically e.g. in the case of an initial inspection different from that of a subsequent inspection. And no one forbids the […]

Opportunities for a reduction in contributions or a return to statutory health insurance

– What the tariff change broker never reveals and rarely knows – A recent study by a lobby organisation proposes to make statutory health insurance (GKV) more attractive for lower earning self-employed persons, as reported by a newspaper from Southern Germany. For self-employed persons there would be a minimum contribution of 342 euros per month. […]

Early repayment of fixed-interest loans is often not permitted when selling real estate

Why there is often no justified interest in premature termination of the contract   When selling real estate, the bank loans are usually repaid by the seller so that the property can be transferred unencumbered in the land register – with the existing encumbrances, the property would normally be unsaleable. The repayment of the loans […]