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We have a $300,000 mortgage with a 2.75% interest rate. I want to pay it off. My husband says I’m crazy. Who’s right?

Katherine Langford

Editor-in-Chief · Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 9:15 AM · 1 min read

We have a $300,000 mortgage with a 2.75% interest rate. I want to pay it off. My husband says I’m crazy. Who’s right? — MarketWatch, Austin Real Estate news — Image: MarketWatch

“I don’t want to enter retirement owing six figures when we have the cash to clear it.”

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