Pay off mortgage or maximise AVC’s

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fionafar

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We have 100000 from the sale of an investment property we were planning to use this money to buy another investment property which our children could potentially use in 9 years time. We are now wondering would we be better off paying our mortgage we currently owe 100000 paying 3% interest and there is 8 years left or maximising our avc contributions?
Any recommendations would be much appreciated.
 
Hi fiona

You should complete this

Key Post - Basic information required for the "Money Makeover" forum

It can be difficult, but please try to use a meaningful title in your thread For example "27 year old with mortgage arrears". You will get a much better and much more coherent answer if you give as much information as possible in your first post. For example, if you give your mortgage rate, it...
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to get some fuller suggestions.

As a general rule, you should clear your mortgage before investing. By doing so, you get a 3% , risk-free and tax-free and hassle-free return on your money.

Then you have to decide if clearing your mortgage takes priority over contributing to a pension fund. But this depends on the overall picture so you need to provide the extra information.

It might be worth reading this thread for some general background.

Key Post - Pay down your SVR mortgage before starting a pension, but don't leave it too late

Summary of thread's conclusions (but it's worth reading the thread in full, as differing views are discussed) 1) If you have a cheap tracker mortgage, you should not pay it off early. Putting any spare cash into a pension fund(or some other investment) would be a lot better. 2) If your...
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Brendan
 
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