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Paying off your mortgage provides financial relief and freedom, allowing for better cash flow and the ability to focus on other financial goals. The road to homeownership is long and arduous, but the ...

Paying down your mortgage early means you’ll pay less interest over time, but it doesn't make sense for everyone. Erin Gobler is a personal finance writer based in Madison, Wisconsin. She writes about ...

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Our financial planner posed that question to my husband and me about a decade ago. He pointed out that we weren’t getting much of a tax benefit from carrying the debt because such a big percentage of ...

The recent surge in home prices has left the average American homeowner with about $300,000 worth of home equity. And, that amount grew by an average of $24,000 in 2023, $14,300 in 2022, $64,000 in ...

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