Sure, but mortgage interest can easily be enough to make that worth it without any other deductions. With $300K principal and a 5% loan, that’s $15K - about the same as a single taxpayer’s standard deduction and roughly half of a married couple’s standard deduction.
Paying that large of a chunk of a mortgage would absolutely reduce your future interest costs though.
Prepaying a mortgage is almost always a worse investment than anything else because mortgage interest is tax deductible.
Isn’t mortgage interest deductible only if you itemize your deductions?
Sure, but mortgage interest can easily be enough to make that worth it without any other deductions. With $300K principal and a 5% loan, that’s $15K - about the same as a single taxpayer’s standard deduction and roughly half of a married couple’s standard deduction.
Not always, but often, yes. It depends on what your alternative potential uses for the money are.
Not always but often. You could even say almost always. 😉