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Thomas Foley: To put it in simple terms, a family, if they borrowed against their home on a 30-year mortgage and paid a mortgage…

On the recordSeptember 23, 1997
To put it in simple terms, a family, if they borrowed against their home on a 30-year mortgage and paid a mortgage payment every month for 30 years, but it was strictly interest, would still then owe the full principal as they started 30 years prior?
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Thomas Foley
Washington

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Discussing the implications of interest-only mortgage payments.

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