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surrender endowment or keep paying for 1 more year

I have had a surrender value on my with profits endowment plan which is due to mature in 1 year's time. At the moment the value is approx. £32.000 which will pay my mortgage off apart from £700 which I would pay off myself.

The question is would it be better to let it run for the last year or cut and run and take the money. I will then be better off by £103 a month that I am paying to Friends Life for the endowment plus £124 a month with no mortgage to pay.

Or keep paying for another year and hope for a decent terminal bonus

I just cannot decide what to do so any suggestions would be welcome.

With my luck I will keep paying in for another year and the final figure will come out at less than it is now !!

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  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    What are the projected values at maturity?
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • peterth125
    peterth125 Posts: 80 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi
    The projected amounts at maturity are

    At 3.25% =£30610
    At 5% = £32050
    At 6.75% = £33590

    Have had zero bonus for many years

    Hope this helps
    Thanks Peter
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