Retirement
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1 week agoCancer Patient Paid Off Mortgage Early. Did She Make a Huge Mistake?
Paying off the mortgage early provided financial security for a cancer patient, despite friends suggesting otherwise.
More Americans aging into retirement are still paying down mortgages. Over the past three decades, the share of homeowners ages 65 to 79 with a mortgage rose from 24% to 41%.