I had a mortgage when I was 21 and cleared it just before my 36th birthday. After clearing it I had to take out another but that's only on a rental property so some other mug tenant is paying that mortgage.
When did you clear the mortgage, Drew? Bearing in mind you're a decrepit old bastard, it's hardly an achievement unless you did it before 55.
I'm 37 and I've got another five years to pay off mine, but of course I don't live in a moated, fictional 600k bungalow in Postwick.
Bit of a fishing trip really but I expect the affluent amongst us like @King Billy and @Frank will be along later to give their take on why the mortgage interest rate is rising in correlation with bank base rate even for those that aren't contracted to follow this index. Banks are cunts especially if my savings interest rate doesn't increase by a potential 0.25% rise which is predicted tomorrow.