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Save it or pay off the mortgage?

We're tied into a 2 year deal at 4.9% (14 months left) at the moment, but can overpay at 1% of the overpayment.

I'm trying to save as much as possible at the moment (ISA's, shares, premium bonds) and have about £25,000 scattered about.

I'm trying to work whether it would it be beneficial to pay the £10K off the mortgage and 'save' money on the interest we would've paid rather than 'earn' interest on the savings.

Does that make sense? Any help greatly appreciated.
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