What would you do in my situation?

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I have approx. £27,000 left on my mortgage. I have an endowment which has about £19,000 in it although it is not due to mature for a few years.
I could cash in the endowment and use it to pay off part of the mortgage, and pay the balance off with my savings. I would have about £10K of savings left if I did this.
I don't know if this is a good idea or not. I like the idea of not having a mortgage, but I don't know if it makes better financial sense to leave the endowment until it matures.
Can anyone advise?
I have approx. £27,000 left on my mortgage. I have an endowment which has about £19,000 in it although it is not due to mature for a few years.
I could cash in the endowment and use it to pay off part of the mortgage, and pay the balance off with my savings. I would have about £10K of savings left if I did this.
I don't know if this is a good idea or not. I like the idea of not having a mortgage, but I don't know if it makes better financial sense to leave the endowment until it matures.
Can anyone advise?
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I had loads of red letters in the early days, which is why I changed my mortgage to repayment and just kept the endowment as a savings plan.
They should send an annual statement giving the amount of bonus earned and the rate. You could ask them of the rate of terminal bonus currently being paid, to get an idea of what the are paying for this type of bonus.
If there's a terminal bonus, I think I'd keep the policy going until the end, keep my savings in case I needed the draw on them for any reason, and make overpayments to the mortgage to reduce it quicker
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No idea if that is bull-youknow what or not, anyway, she is sending me some 'projections'. I am inclined to keep it now as there is only 7 years or so to go.