Illustrative average monthly mortgage payment

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Illustrative average monthly mortgage payment

CBA Commentary
Illustratively, the impact on the average monthly mortgage payment is around CZK 23.1 thousand. The combination of the fall in interest rates and the higher average mortgage amount in July 2025 compared to the 2024 averages increased the average monthly mortgage payment by CZK 2.1k. The drop in mortgage rates by over 0.5% points compared to their average rate of 5.07% in 2024 brought, for an average mortgage size with a typical repayment period of almost 27 years, a reduction in the monthly repayment of less than CZK 1,400 to approximately CZK 23.1 thousand. CZK 1,400,000. Compared to the average mortgage rate of 5.81% in 2023, the savings due to the interest rate amounted to just under CZK 3,300 for a mortgage at its current average value.
However, the current average mortgage amount is 16% higher than its average amount in 2024, which contributes to an increase in the monthly payment of CZK 3.3k.
Conversely, compared to the average 2.8% mortgage rate for new mortgages in 2019, the current refinance mortgage rate of 4.5% for a shortened loan term raises the monthly payment on the average mortgage by almost 1,700 kc, or about 3.5% of the current gross average wage.
Source of primary data
CBA Hypomonitor
Note
The first time series - red - reflects the average realized interest rate and the average amount of new mortgage originations from the CBA Hypomonitor.
The second time series - orange - for a mortgage of CZK 2.66 million reflects the average mortgage amount from January 2020 according to the CBA Hypomonitor.
The difference between the red and orange ted reflects the impact of the different mortgage amount over time compared to the average January 2022 mortgage amount (2.66 million).
Category
CBA Hypomonitor
Data frequency
Monthly
Comments
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