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Salary Vs Debt
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and the lowest income of the lot.....
£16k
£9 debt
:-(Savings as of April 2023 Savings account - £26460.50(14474.88)Current account - £2140.24(4576.79)Total - £28600.74(19051.67) £1010 (£65pm CS/BS) £250 CS/BS/JS0 -
Income= between £10k & £15k
Debt= £12k (personal) £25k BusinessThis year I'm getting organised once and for all, and going to buy a house with my wonderful other half. And that' s final!
Current Pay Off Target : £1500 :mad:0 -
salary 16000
debt 21000
hmmm, how not lovely.0 -
Kateelizabee wrote:My income: £12,924
At a 1.70 exchange rate
My debt: 15,882
Looking for a new job as we speak!
Wow, I originally replied to this thread back in February, and as an update:
I did get a new job, and my income is now £16K
At a 1.7 exchange rate (for easier comparison)
My debt today: £10,412.51
At today's exchange rate of 1.82: £9,710.798
I buy Sainsbury's basics, brown bag it, don't have cable, keep a spending diary and am just an all around miser but IT'S WORKING!
Getting _The Money Diet_ was one of the smartest things I've ever done. :money:I'm an American living in Oxford using the exchange rate to my advantage. (As of 4 Oct 2006: 1USD=1.88GBP)
Debts at highest November 2004: $29,464.51 _pale_
26 June 2006: Down to $17,701.27
Private Student Loan: $3,073.61 (7.83%)
US Federal Student Loan: $14,627.66 (5.3%)
4 October 2006: Down to $11,622.66
Private Student Loan: PAID IN FULL!
US Federal Student Loan: $11,622.66 (5.38%)
Debt Free Date: 27 September 2007, my 25th birthday!
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Income £27,000
Debt £9,5000 -
Income (JSA) : £2366
Debt: £3,900 ish and rising..
Hmmmmmmmmm...0 -
Income 20k
debt 6.4k (v.soon to be 4k)0 -
Well here goes,joint with hubby
Salary dropped from 34k to 25k due to my leaving job (illness)
Debt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 107k :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
(most due to house fire and under insured)
Just goes to show that banks are too willing to lend on not a lot of salaryDebt at highest £102k :eek:
Lightbulb moment march 2006
Debt free october2017 :j
Finally sleeping easy in my bed :A0 -
Joint income = £75k plus overtime & bonuses
Joint debt = 0 (Managed to pay it off in April 2006 - max mine £3k, his £10k):T
Mortgage = £69k and decreasing:jMFIT No. 810 -
Income £23,000 pa.
Debt as per signatureOfficial DFW Nerd No 096 - Proud to have dealt with my debt!0
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