Originally posted by GhostofTarbera
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But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger -
We paid our mortgage off 20 years ago when interest rates were a lot higher*.
It made a lot more sense then but I'd still prefer to be mortgage free even though (interest only) mortgages are dirt cheap now.
I wouldn't want to go into retirement saddled with a whopping mortgage.- What if interest rates do go up? Even an extra couple of % could be crippling.
- Would you still be able to remortgage, to take advantage of a lower rate, if you are on a reduced income?
- If remortgaging is difficult, then maybe it would be harder to move house?
*I was going to say normal but feck knows what normal is anymore.Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.Comment
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Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View PostWas at a funeral last week, chap just paid of his mortgage at 52, not had a holiday in 3 years to do so, heart attack and long time deed
Explain the benefits of not having a mortgage ?
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Originally posted by CheeseSlice View PostSo Sweden recently reduced their max mortgage term to 105 years...
Telegraph: Sweden cuts maximum mortgage term to 105 years (the average is 140)Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View Postimputed rent tax
A neat trick if you can achieve it.
He died shortly before Selwyn Lloyd abolished Schedule A in 1963.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostIn Switzerland you can keep you mortgage going so long as your income allows, right up to death. If your heirs can pay the mortgage, then they can just keep going. It's unwise to pay off all your mortgage, since there is tax relief on interests payments, imputed rent tax, and wealth tax. Better to use the money elsewhere."The boy who cried Sheep"Comment
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