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Watch Your "Am"

Toronto Sun’s Linda Leatherdale emphasizes the interest costs of long-term amortizations.  She says a $190,000 mortgage at 6% costs you $306,800 in interest when amortized over 40 years.  At 25 years, the interest is just $175,000.  In return for making your lender rich you’ll “save” $180 a month on a 40-year amortized payment versus a 25-year.

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Robert McLister is one of Canada’s best-known mortgage experts. A mortgage columnist for The Globe and Mail, interest rate analyst and editor of MortgageLogic.news, Rob has been covering Canada's mortgage market since 2007.

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