Well after spending months reading the mortgage and house buying forums I've migrated over here to start a thread mainly for my own benefit, and to keep me motivated. I Got on the property ladder In the middle of December and now after all the hard work of saving the deposit and getting the mortgage want to get rid of it…
Mortgage free wannabe with a redemption figure currently standing at £137,177.66. I've been lurking and learning the boards for a couple of weeks now and I'm picking up that feeding an overall wealth strategy makes more sense for now than throwing everything at the mortgage. There's a definite psychological benefit to…
Hi everyone! I have another thread on here but it is seriously out of date, so I figured I will start afresh. New year, new targets and all that. OH and I completed on our first house in May 2016. We had a sizeable deposit due to my ability to save and OH's inheritance. We could have afforded a decent flat but decided to…
The first day of a New Year seems like the best time to start this diary! I was on this board under another name for a number of years, but I felt like a change of name as well as a change of diary, so here I am! Completed on new home with OH in December, we haven't even owned it for a month yet. But we have a mortgage of…
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