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👴🏡👵 Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Before Retirement? (AARP Article)

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FROM THE ARTICLE.

Owning your home loan-free is an impressive feat, but that doesn’t mean it’s always the right move.

Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Before Retirement?

By Judy Dutton, AARP. Published September 12, 2025.

Elizabeth Borsting, 60, plans to retire from her job as a publicist in five to seven years, and she is looking forward to kicking back with her husband, Kurt, who hung up his hat as a harbormaster in 2021 at age 54.

But before the Long Beach, California, couple can fully embrace the retirement lifestyle they’ve envisioned — writing novels and screenplays, traveling the globe — they have vowed to cross off one of the most daunting tasks on their to-do list: paying off their mortgage.

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https://www.aarp.org/money/retirement/mortgage-payoff-guide/

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[Tuesday 11/11/25]

Did anyone "pay off" THEIR MORTGAGE? ‌‌🤔‌‌

Any TIPS to share with the rest of us?

Take care,

Nicole. ‌‌👴‌‌‌‌👵‌‌ (Retirement Forum)

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