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Opportunity cost: the changing math of mortgages

The Economist: Editor's Picks by The Economist

Feb 19, 20256:29Business

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. For decades it made sense to slowly pay down a mortgage over time, but that is no longer the case. Rising interest rates mean the smart thing to do...

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Opportunity cost: the changing math of mortgages is an episode from The Economist: Editor's Picks by The Economist. A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. For decades it made sense to slowly pay down a mortg...

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Published Feb 19, 2025, 6:29 long, audio available.