Few Retired People Expect to Pay Off their Mortgages, Survey Finds

Washington Post, Mar. 22, 2018–Michele Lerner
A recent “Retirement and Mortgages” survey by American Financing, a national mortgage banker, found 44 percent of Americans age 60 to 70 have a mortgage when they retire, with as many as 17 percent saying they may never pay it off.

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