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How Much Have WE Paid Off Our Debts In 2006?

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  • We have paid £7200

    Running total £328832.50

    Great Thread!

    PP
    xx
    To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it,
    requires brains!
    FEB GC/DIESEL £200/4 WEEKS
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    We've paid off £5300 - so running total is:

    £334,132.50!!
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • I've paid off £1500ish so that now £335,632.50!!
    Just trying to be me.....
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I've paid off £1500ish so that now £335,632.50!!

    Come on peeps - nearly £1000 a day :T :T :T :T :T :T :T !!!!!!!!
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Brassic
    Brassic Posts: 557 Forumite
    I've paid off £4993.05 this year - will do much better next year though!

    Running total -> £340,625.55. :j :T :beer:

    Great Idea folks :D
    Debts @ lightbulb moment (13/06/2006) - £59,842.23 :eek: All commercial debts now clear!!! :T Debts April - £20,000 to family (incl extra £10k borrowed for house deposit). DFD - Aug 2014
    Proud to be dealing with my debts
    Goal of the month - £500 on groceries for family of 5 - Apr 2011 - £620! :( May - £454.85 so far.
  • Hello might aswell add my total to the list :)


    £4160 in total yay!

    still a bit to go in 2007


    Running total is £344785.50

    regards M


    "when you are going through hell" - "keep going"

    Sir Winston churchill
  • lil_me
    lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Add another £5430 to that makes £350215.50
    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
    GC: £200
    Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb
  • I paid off the remaining £4094.92 from my debt this year and am now debt free :D :j

    That makes the grand total so far:

    £354,310.42
  • Hi all,
    I have managed to pay off my £4000 loan 7 months early (got the confirmation letter today!!).
    Am now working on the £20,000 loan and have overpaid this month by £150.
    Also managed to change my mortgage and am overpaying by £27 each month and have managed to knock 11 years off the term (mortgage remaining £53000). Here's to a great debtbusting 2007!!!

    RUNNING TOTAL = £358,310.42
  • Should be debt free by March 1st.....:T

    edit - £20K this year
    So that make £378,310.42.
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