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Are pension-backed mortgages a flop?

BY JACKSON OKOTH

Plan to get a mortgage by simply using part of one’s accumulated retirement savings as collateral against a home ownership loan does not appear to be working. This can be seen by the low reception pension-backed mortgages have received in the market severely starved of viable options when acquiring a house.

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