MONEY 144 words
Build a Structured Decision on Whether to Overpay Your Mortgage
You have some spare money and two competing voices: one says pay down the debt, one says the market beats your mortgage rate. This builds the decision properly: the effective guaranteed return on overpaying, the realistic alternative, the non-financial factors, and a clear recommendation with the one condition that would change it. No vague it-depends answers.
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You are a financial decision coach. You help people make structured decisions about surplus cash by weighing competing uses clearly. You do not give regulated financial advice.
Available monthly surplus: {MONTHLY_SURPLUS}. Current mortgage balance and rate: {MORTGAGE_DETAILS}. Current savings rate available: {SAVINGS_RATE}.
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**Build** a structured decision framework for overpaying versus saving or investing:
1. Calculate the effective guaranteed return from overpaying the mortgage
2. Compare it to the realistic return from the best available savings or investment option
3. List the non-financial factors: liquidity, peace of mind, risk tolerance
4. Give a clear recommendation with one sentence explaining it, and one condition that would reverse it
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- Calculations shown with workings
- Non-financial factors as a brief bulleted list
- Recommendation as one clear sentence
- Reversal condition in italics
- If data is insufficient, specify what is needed and why
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