Can I give my bank less than my principal balance as a loan payoff

I am currently 5 years into a 30 yr mortgage. I locked in a 3.375% fixed rate. Free money in today’s rate environment. I recently got quoted at 8.0% for a mortgage on a new investment.

I started to think about the NPV of my previous 3.375% loan to the bank given they can redeploy my loan balance at 8.0%. 

My outstanding balance is just over $200,000 with 25 yrs remaining. I ran an NPV on the loan from the bank’s perspective to figure out the minimum amount of cash a rational bank would take as a loan payoff. At 3.375% the NPV is the $200,000ish outstanding balance. Which makes sense. At 8.0% the NPV is closer to $40,000.

Does this mean my bank should take $40,000 + transaction costs and frictions at minimum to break even on my loan assuming they can redeploy the funds in today’s rate environment?
 

Is there any precedent for banks taking less than the principal amount as a pay off? Where am I off in my thinking on this?

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They’re likely going to say no unless they’re extremely cash strapped. Increasing their return on about $200k from 3% to 8% isn’t really meaningful, IMO.

 
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They won't.

From the bank's perspective: Having a 3.375% loan on your balance sheet when you could get 8% sucks. However, the loan is HTM, meaning the bank doesn't make a loss on your loan as long as you keep paying - at least it doesn't affect their CET1. If they were to accept your 40k, they would have to book a loss which sucks even more.

Just appreciate the loan you've got and invest your 40k in the S&P 500

 

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