Person aged 50, separated (not legally), with ten years to run on original family home mortgage. Wants to buy own house (one name only), ex-wife in family home. Due to retire in 10 years with gratuity of €75,000.
Question: if he were to get mortgage of 200,000, woul dit be better to take out an endowment mortgage with lower repayments now and pay off balance with gratuity in ten years or take out annuity mortgage over, say, 15 years? Can afford repayments up to 1000 p.m. until retirement.
Question: if he were to get mortgage of 200,000, woul dit be better to take out an endowment mortgage with lower repayments now and pay off balance with gratuity in ten years or take out annuity mortgage over, say, 15 years? Can afford repayments up to 1000 p.m. until retirement.