Afraid of Commitment? Or Geriatric Sex? Avoid a (Virgin) Mortgage

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For its home loan component in Australia, Virgin Money hits us hard with the notion of long-term commitment.

You mean there’s sex after 65?

To be fair, shots of geriatric lovin’ may deliver a muddier message than the mortgage guys would like. Who’s to say this is a happy long-term relationship and not a racy first date? Or better still, a short-term but lusty (interest-only, har har) affair?!

Anything is possible. Or else we’ve just been watching too many French PSAs.

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