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Soooooooooooo Wanna be Mortgage Free

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Afternoon guys, I posted a diary I think quite a while ago but no idea where it went and so heres to a shiney new diary for me.

I am 37 and married. We have no kids or pets (unless you count the fish in the pond).

I have about £45000.00 left to pay on the mortgage and I want to pay it off by the time I am 40 so thats 31months from September:eek:

I can't decide which is best... pay off the mortgage a little at a time or put the money into an account to pay off in lump sums when I know we won't miss the money.

I earn around £600 per month and intend to put that towards MF but septembers is already spoken for - shame

I am going to try my very best to pay this off and will update as and when

Lucy x
Lucylema x :j

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  • SAMMYE_2
    SAMMYE_2 Posts: 244 Forumite
    edited 19 August 2011 at 9:14AM
    lucylema wrote: »
    Afternoon guys, I posted a diary I think quite a while ago but no idea where it went and so heres to a shiney new diary for me.

    I am 37 and married. We have no kids or pets (unless you count the fish in the pond).

    I have about £45000.00 left to pay on the mortgage and I want to pay it off by the time I am 40 so thats 31months from September:eek:

    I can't decide which is best... pay off the mortgage a little at a time or put the money into an account to pay off in lump sums when I know we won't miss the money.

    I earn around £600 per month and intend to put that towards MF but septembers is already spoken for - shame

    I am going to try my very best to pay this off and will update as and when

    Lucy x

    Thats a good target! I would say you would be better to save some so you have a cushion just in case. But part of the fun with overpaying is knowing your reducing the amount of interest you are paying... if you have a really low interest rate then I would stick it in a high interest account.

    Good luck!!!
    [STRIKE]£106,200[/STRIKE] mortgage with 5% deposit 2 years ago on 6.99% 04/06/08 :eek:
    Overpaying the max 10% per year for the next 2 years until July 2013 when I can remortgage and should be able to get down to 55% LTV.
    Overpaid 10% £10,619.87 Dec 2010 & 10% £9,475 Aug 2011
    Mortgage was £690 now £560 :D
    Currently £85,203 - 71% LTV 26/08/11
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