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lippy1923
lippy1923 Posts: 1,374 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
edited 22 December 2012 at 5:59PM in Mortgage-free wannabe
Hi all

brought my first house in August this year. Mort Im looking to overpay as much as possible and get rid of this debt.
Mortgage redemption date 2035 :eek:

Is there anybody out there who has a mortgage and wants to overpay any way they can? Just thought a healthy bit of competition could help motivate us into getting rid of these debts and save us lots of pennies ;)

Let us know how much you have left, how much you want to over pay and any dates that you set yourselves. Any posts about how well people are doing really motivates me. Even if its just making an overpayment of £20, I would love to know.
Any tips on how to save extra money to help towards the payments are greatly appreciated.
Happy savings :)
Total Mortgage OP £61,000
Outstanding Mortgage £27,971
Emergency Fund £62,100
I AM NOW MORTGAGE NEUTRAL!!!! <<Sep-20>>

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  • LilacPixie
    LilacPixie Posts: 8,052 Forumite
    currently 49k, give it 2 weeks and it will be 111k :eek::eek::eek: It WILL be 0 for December 2020 :)
    MF aim 10th December 2020 :j:eek:
    MFW 2012 no86 OP 0/2000 :D
  • Current mortgage 112k

    want to clear the mortgage by christmas 2015

    first goal - get mortgage under 95k by christmas 2011
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
  • Hey, I am keen to supercharge my loan payments, would love extreme minded challenge partners too lol :p

    Want to get it paid down as much as possible over next year as I want to purchase a second property ASAP ...
    "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without!!"
    Nov NSD: ?/30 Nov Make 10 Day ?/300
    Get Rid Of Debt: ?/2000 !! :mad:
  • Hi,

    Current mortgage is £81,500
    Hoping to pay it off by August 2014
    Goal - to get it down to £35k by February 2013
  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,135 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Mortgage at start of 2011 will be 117,000 if don't move. Want this down to 110,000 by year end and sub 100k by end of 2012!
    Nov 2025 - part 1 - £13,878 part 2 - £20,953 Total - £34,832 24 months to go!
  • dimbo61
    dimbo61 Posts: 13,727 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Ok mortgage on 16-12-2005 £120,000
    Mortgage on 16-12-2005 £44985
    Target to clear the rest in 3 years!
  • dimbo61
    dimbo61 Posts: 13,727 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Sorry got date wrong should read 16-12-2010 £44985 so cleared £75K in 5 years with £45K to go
  • XSpender
    XSpender Posts: 3,811 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Mortgage #1 £121k
    Mortgage #2 £24889

    Goal is to clear #2 and #1 to be below £95k by my son's 5th birthday on 8th May 2015.
    Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
    Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
    Make £2021 extra income - £99.75
  • drewwa
    drewwa Posts: 107 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Cleared £102k in five and a half years. Hoping to clear my remaining £84k by Christmas 2014.

    Cheers,

    Drew.
  • lippy1923
    lippy1923 Posts: 1,374 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    wow. thats some really challenging goals! keep it up guys. Only managed to make a small over payment of £50 this month. Think I would like to get it down by about £1200 by next year. Cant really afford to do much more than £100 a month as need to keep saving for my emergency fund...just in case. x
    Total Mortgage OP £61,000
    Outstanding Mortgage £27,971
    Emergency Fund £62,100
    I AM NOW MORTGAGE NEUTRAL!!!! <<Sep-20>>

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