‘The world feels unpredictable’: I’m 56. My husband is 64. Our mortgage costs $17K a month. Do we pay it off?
Yahoo Finance·2026-02-19 00:00

“We have a 15-year mortgage with an interest rate of 2.4%, which is our only debt.” (Photo subject is a model.) - Getty Images/iStockphoto Dear Quentin, My husband is turning 65 this year, and I am 56. This is the first marriage for both of us. We have three children — one is out of college, one is about to graduate, and one is a sophomore. College is fully paid for. We expect our children to work and support themselves after they leave college. My husband currently has two years left on his contract wi ...