At its meeting on June 1, 2023, the Czech National Bank (CNB) canceled the obligation to comply with the DSTI parameter, which will change the rules for providing mortgage loans.
Applying for a mortgage in the Czech Republic might be confusing for expats / foreigners due to the Czech bureaucracy, processes in banks, specific buying process of purchasing a property or just because of the language barriers.
During the month of April, the transfer of the loan portfolio from Sberbank to Ceska sporitelna will be completed, and from May 1, 2023, Ceska sporitelna will fully serve Sberbank's loan clients.
The possibility to negotiate the purchase price of real estate is currently a well known term, especially in the situation when mortgages are not getting any cheaper. Can a possible discount from the purchase price of the property compensate for the higher interest rate of the mortgage?
Are you planning to buy a property in the near future, but haven't found the right one just yet? Did you know that you can get a mortgage now and choose the property later?
In the Czech Republic, this type of mortgage gives you a sum of cash when you take it out. It can be used to refund money (own resources) you used in the past to buy a property. Reverse financing (cashback mortgage) can be used if you have renovated or purchased, for example, a family house, apartment unit or...
The principle of an offset mortgage consists in offsetting the account balance against the amount owed. The client thus pays interest only on the difference between the unpaid loan principal and the amount on the offset account. The balance on the offset account can change continuously, and the amount of interest paid changes according to...
It might seem that buying a property in the Czech Republic using a mortgage is not the best decision these days. The following reasons may convince you otherwise:
The sharp rise in interest rates that we have been experiencing for more than a year has stopped for now. On the interbank money market, interest rates are falling, which means the "price of money" is decreasing. At the same time, the Czech National Bank (CNB) at its August meeting in its new composition did not proceed to increase...
The Czech National Bank ("CNB") Board, headed by Governor Jiri Rusnok, met for the last time. The agenda of the meeting again included the adjustments of monetary policy, specifically the modification of the basic interest rate. It was decided that the rate would be increased from the original 5.75% to 7%. This is an increase in the rate of...
