Liz Weston: Rushing to pay off mortgage in retirement could leave some couples cash poor

Liz Weston: Rushing to pay off mortgage in retirement could leave some couples cash poor

Liz Weston, personal finance columnist Dear Liz: My husband and I are retired, with enough income from our pensions and Social Security to cover our modest needs, plus additional money in retirement accounts. We have owned our home for 35 years but refinanced several times and still have 15 years to go on a 20-year mortgage.

With rates so low, we were contemplating refinancing to a 15-year mortgage just for the overall savings on interest, but we started thinking about the fact that, at 67 and 72 years old, it’s unlikely that both of us will survive for another 15 […]

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