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Are you itemizing deductions? That makes your effective interest rate even lower.
I wouldnt cash out the investments, but personal finance is different for everyone. I'm in my 30's and my stance may not make sense to you. Your age, marital status, family size, income level, other investments and other debt all play a role. Do what makes you sleep better at night?
Think of these before you act:
- your investments will grow to 1.6 million in that 15 year time frame (rough rule of 72 math, doubling every 7.2 years)
- if you pay off your house would you be able to make up that large gap in the 15 years with your new savings rate?
- if you pay off your mortgage, will this extra cash every month burn a hole in your pocket and make you want a nicer home, cars etc
- Do you have enough in your other investment accounts for retirement? Does this 400k change the trajectory of when you can retire or how you retire? (Just getting by or luxurious)
- with interest rates at 7% today, does refinancing to a 30 year mortgage make sense to lower your monthly expenses and if you want to pay extra you have the option to pay it faster. Get higher savings rate but you don't touch your investments.
A big assumption that the S&P is NOT earmarked for retirement. If it isn’t, I’d pay off the house.
Using your numbers, if you put that 300 towards the mortgage, you’ll save about 35k in interest over 15 years. If you invest it, you’ll make about 65k in returns based on 10 percent returns. Depends if you’re willing to add market risk to potentially gain another 30k over 15 years. If you do choose to pay down mortgage heavily and forego investing, definitely still keep investing in 401k up to the match because that’s free money.