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What happened to pension-back mortgages?

In a bid to encourage more Kenyans to borrow house loans, some financial institutions introduced pension-backed mortgages, but the move seems to have garnered little acceptance, writes JACKSON OKOTH

A 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.

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