Prepayment strategies don’t all look alike. Find out how lump-sump payments, micro payments or a HELOC could be used to speed up your mortgage payoff date. If you’re a homeowner, you’ve probably ...

Many retiring baby boomers think the right thing to do is pay off their mortgages to be debt-free in retirement. Bankrate.com says paying off mortgages early is "in" and refinancing to take money out ...

A mortgage is the single biggest form of debt most of us will ever have. A typical homeowner faces a mountain of payments that add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars over the life of a home loan.

SALT LAKE CITY — Making bi-weekly mortgage payments instead of monthly ones could help homeowners pay off their loans years earlier and save thousands of dollars in interest. David Brindley, deputy ...

Chances are, if you own a home, you’ve thought about it. “In general, obviously, everyone wants to not have a mortgage,” says Gordy Bright, the Dallas-based senior vice president of business ...

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Nearly 40% of all homeowners in the U.S. are mortgage-free, according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey — the highest level in 13 years. Paying off your mortgage early can feel like ...

If you obtained a mortgage recently, there’s a good chance you’d like to pay it off as soon as possible. If you obtained a mortgage in the past 5, 10 or 20 years, there’s a good chance you, too,would ...

Practically every homeowner fantasizes about the day their house is finally paid off, and they can kiss those mortgage payments goodbye. However, a whopping 56.2% of Americans have an outstanding ...

Homeowners are increasingly exploring the benefits of making extra mortgage payments to reduce their long-term debt. For instance, a couple considering paying off their entire $483,000 mortgage ...

Would you rather kick up your feet and relax in a completely paid-off home or sit on an ultra-low mortgage rate while you invest your funds elsewhere? A year ago, Washington Post personal finance ...