• An interest-bearing mortgage is one where you only pay interest for the first few years of the loan, as opposed to your payments including both principal and interest.

  • Interest-only payments can be made over a period of time, can be provided as an option, or can continue for the life of the loan (obliging you to repay everything at the end).
  • Usually, interest-bearing loans are structured as a special type of mortgage with a floating interest rate.
  • While interest-only mortgages mean lower payments for a while, they also mean you don’t build capital and mean a big jump in payments when the interest-only period ends.