25/08/2026
When we take out a mortgage, we immediately anchor our anxiety to the total we owe on day one. It feels like a mountain we have to sprint up as quickly as possible.
But it's worth understanding how inflation can interact with fixed debt. If inflation runs higher than what was priced into your rate when you took it out, the real value of what you owe can fall faster than the balance on paper suggests. If it doesn't, the effect is smaller, it depends on where inflation lands relative to your rate.
A mortgage is a multi-decade timeline, and how you approach it. Paying down faster or investing the difference is a decision worth modelling properly rather than defaulting to instinct alone.
Capital at risk.