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The earlier you can retire a loan, the more money you will save in interest. Assusming it's simple interest, in the first years very little of the payment is going to reduce the principle. Toward the end of the loan term, most of the payment is going to principle and very little to interest, so the benefit of paying it off early at that point is limited. On a long term loan like a home mortgage, you may find that over the course of the first year, the principle goes down by about the amount of one month's payment. That means that if you can pay the equivalent of one month's payment extra toward the principal, you will have reduced payoff time of the loan by a year.

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