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December 14, 2019
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Mortgage early payoff, yes or no

  • December 14, 2019
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Hi,

I have a $290000 payoff on my 30 yr mort, 24years remaining at 4.25% with a monthly payment of 1615.00, what would my annualized rate of return be if I pay it off? The current value is approximately $500K. 

 

thanks,

Mary

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    December 14, 2019

    You might want to read through the article at the link below, the key phrase of which is, "...if paying off your mortgage early leads to a return equal to your interest rate, that return is somewhat lackluster."

     

    https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/early-payoff/

    MNMLAuthor
    December 14, 2019

    Thank you for sharing. 

    I’d already read that article.

     

    The mortgage interest is front loaded, so the sooner we pay it off, the greater the savings, if that is the choice we make.

     

    I was trying to calculate the percentage (risk free) rate of return for the early payoff. 

    December 14, 2019

    How about the following article?:

     

    https://www.themoneycommando.com/how-to-calculate-if-you-should-pay-off-your-mortgage-early/

     

    If you do a web search, I believe there are online calculators for your specific scenario,