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“JTYK monthly payments to be adjusted for new subscriptions from February”

  • Date 2016-01-22
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- JTYK eliminates the existing incremental and decremental payment plan options and allows switching
between payment plan options -

 
□ HF adjusts its JTYK monthly payments from February in response to changes in house prices and other key
    variables
 
    Those who apply for the JooTaekYeonKeum (JTYK) reverse mortgage program from February 1, 2016, onwards
    will receive an adjusted amount of JTYK monthly payments. Existing JTYK subscribers and retirees who 
    complete their JTYK subscription by the end of this month, however, can receive the same amount of monthly 
    payments as before.
 
   Korea Housing Finance Corporation (HF, CEO Kim Jae-Chun) announced on January 22, 2016, that it obtained
   approval from the Housing Finance Steering Committee on December 18, 2015, to adjust key variables that
   determine its reverse mortgage payouts after expert consultation on its proposed changes to the variables, and
   that it will apply the adjustment starting from February 2016.
 
   During the period of expert consultation, HF commissioned independent expert advisory groups to recalculate*
   key factors that decide its reverse mortgage monthly payments, such as the rate of increase in home prices
   and life expectancy. The adjustment will lower the monthly payments for those in their 60s and 70s with an
   ordinary home mortgaged for a fixed payment plan option by 0.1% and 1.4%, respectively. For those
   mortgaging their private senior residences, the amount of monthly payments for those in the same age groups
   will go up on average by 2.3% and 0.6% each.

   * According to Article 9 of the Korea Housing Finance Corporation Act, the key variables are subject to
     recalculation at least once a year and their recalculated values should be reflected in determining HF's reverse
     mortgage monthly payments.
 
□ Existing JTYK subscribers and new subscribers up until the end of January will receive the current amount of
    monthly payments
 
   The adjustment will apply to those who subscribe to the JTYK program from February 2016 onwards. The
   existing subscribers and new subscribers up until the end of January will receive the monthly payment
   predetermined at the time of their subscription.
 
<Changes to JTYK Monthly Payments>
 
(ordinary homes, fixed monthly lifetime payout, unit: KRW 1,000)
Home Price
Age
100,000 300,000 500,000
Before After Change Before After Change Before After Change
Ordinary Home 60 227 227 - 683 682 ▽1 1,138 1,137 ▽1
70 329 324 ▽5 986 972 ▽14 1,644 1,621 ▽23
Senior Residence 60 174 177 3 521 534 13 869 889 20
70 269 271 2 807 811 4 1,345 1,352 7
 
□ New subscribers from this February can switch between JTYK payment plan options
 
   Those who subscribe to the JTYK program from this February will be able to switch between its payment plan  
   options. Up until now, the program has not allowed subscribers to change the option which they chose at the
   time of their subscription (JTYK offers the fixed, incremental, decremental, or high-low payment options).*
   However, HF has added some changes to the existing system by allowing new subscribers to switch beginning
   from this February. Another notable change is the discontinuation of its incremental and decremental payment
   plan options from this February. As a result, from next month, new subscribers will be able to change their
   payment plan one time within the first three years of their subscription.
 
※ JTYK Payment Plan Options
 
  Fixed Option: Fixed monthly payments to be given for a predetermined period of time
  Incremental Option: The amount of monthly payments to increase at 3% each year 
  (discontinued)
  Decremental Option: The amount of monthly payments to decrease at 3% each year
  (discontinued)
  High-Low Option: The amount of monthly payments from the 11th year onwards to be
  reduced to 70% of the initial 10 years' monthly payments