{"id":17,"date":"2026-09-13T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/lezgomez-ca\/2026\/09\/13\/the-road-to-mortgage-freedom-how-to-pay-off-your-mortgage-sooner\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T14:00:00","slug":"the-road-to-mortgage-freedom-how-to-pay-off-your-mortgage-sooner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lezgomez.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/13\/the-road-to-mortgage-freedom-how-to-pay-off-your-mortgage-sooner\/","title":{"rendered":"The road to mortgage freedom: How to pay off your mortgage sooner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>With two decades immersed in lending and underwriting, I&#039;ve seen firsthand how the right strategies can help you achieve mortgage freedom sooner. Making the most of your prepayment privileges\u2014such as increasing your regular payments, making lump-sum contributions within your lender\u2019s limits, or choosing accelerated bi-weekly payments\u2014can make a substantial difference. These steps chip away at your principal and help you save on interest over time. Over thousands of deals, I&#039;ve witnessed how small changes can add up to big results for homeowners ready to take control of their mortgage journey.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.castanet.net\/news\/The-Mortgage-Gal\/628817\/The-road-to-mortgage-freedom-How-to-pay-off-your-mortgage-sooner\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With two decades immersed in lending and underwriting, I&#039;ve seen firsthand how the right strategies can help you achieve mortgage freedom sooner. Making the most of your prepayment privileges\u2014such as increasing your regular payments, making lump-sum contributions within your lender\u2019s limits, or choosing accelerated bi-weekly payments\u2014can make a substantial difference. These steps chip away at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lezgomez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lezgomez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lezgomez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lezgomez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lezgomez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lezgomez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lezgomez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lezgomez.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}