{"id":193,"date":"2015-10-15T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T06:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/uncategorized\/should-we-pay-off-our-mortgage-in-full\/"},"modified":"2016-01-03T03:34:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T03:34:24","slug":"should-we-pay-off-our-mortgage-in-full","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-we-pay-off-our-mortgage-in-full\/","title":{"rendered":"Should we pay off our mortgage in full?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><body><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWe will soon be in a position to repay the capital sum on the house but have heard that keeping a small amount outstanding is sensible Q Quite by accident when tidying paperwork I noticed that I have critical illness cover on the insurance for my mortgage. A year and a half ago I needed a heart bypass operation and this allowed me to claim on the policy. We have close to two years remaining of a repayment mortgage to pay. The balance is between \u00a39,000 and \u00a310,000.We also have a \u00a31,500 loan to pay off and credit card balances of between \u00a34,000 and \u00a35,000. We have a son at university and our combined income is \u00a358,000 before tax. Continue reading&#8230;&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#13;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2015\/oct\/15\/should-we-pay-off-mortgage-in-full\" target=\"_blank\">Should we pay off our mortgage in full?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; We will soon be in a position to repay the capital sum on the house&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-37","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114381,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/weekly-mortgage-applications-take-a-hit-as-mortgage-rates-tick-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":193,"position":0},"title":"Weekly mortgage applications take a hit as mortgage rates tick up","date":"February 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The refinance boom took a step back last week, bringing down total mortgage applications. 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