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plonkee

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got financial questions? - ask the m-network

Good stuff abounds ladies and gentlemen.
If you’ve got a financial question and you think that several heads are better than one, then ask us, the m-network, and we’ll give you our opinions and suggestions. Not all questions can be answered, and we can’t offer professional advice, but all questions published will have several different answers [...]

over pay the mortgage or save and invest?

I mentioned earlier that now that the economic climate has shifted somewhat since I bought my house 18 months ago (yes, I’m a poor soul in negative equity) I should re-evaluate whether it’s better for me to overpay my mortgage or save and invest instead.
assumptions
The basic assumptions  I’m going to run with (because they are [...]

mulling over negative equity

I’m worried about my house.
Well not exactly my house, which is fine. But the value of my house and the mortgage on it.
I knew full well when I bought my house that it was probably near the top of the market, but I slightly pushed that to the back of my mind for the following [...]

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