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general (And nosey) question about you and your mortgage

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  • how old was you when you took out your mortgage: 30
    Original Amount: £265,000

    How many years do you have left to pay: 8 against original schedule of 19.5 years remaining!

    How much outstanding: £141,000

    how old will you be when your mortgage is paid off: aiming for 40
  • how old was you when you took out your mortgage 21

    how many years do you have left to pay: 24

    how much outstanding: 87425

    how old will you be when your mortgage is paid off: 46 but aiming for it to be before 40 with my overpayments into consideration!!!
    Mortgage 1: May 2012 £90,000 April 2020: £47,000
    Mortgage 2: £270,000😱 Jan 2019 £253,000 April 2020
  • Sagz_2
    Sagz_2 Posts: 6,251 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    how old was you when you took out your mortgage: 42

    how many years do you have left to pay: 12

    how much outstanding: £77,000

    how old will you be when your mortgage is paid off: 54 (or sooner if I keep overpaying :))
    Some days you're the dog..... most days you're the tree! :D
  • sweetdaisy
    sweetdaisy Posts: 1,249 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    how old was you when you took out your mortgage: 21

    how many years do you have left to pay: 14 years (officially)

    how much outstanding:£82,300

    how old will you be when your mortgage is paid off: 46 (official term) but hoping to repay by 42 years old
  • jaysb
    jaysb Posts: 74 Forumite
    how old was you when you took out your mortgage - 29

    how many years do you have left to pay - 11 (but with OP 5)

    how much outstanding - 40k

    how old will you be when your mortgage is paid off - 55 but hopefully 49
    (with OP)
  • JonnyBravo
    JonnyBravo Posts: 4,103 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    how old were you when you took out your mortgage - 28 for first mortage and then another when 34 when we bought a bigger house and rented out first

    how many years do you have left to pay - 0

    how much outstanding - 0

    how old will you be when your mortgage is paid off - paid off residential mortgage at 39, still paying off rental (am now 41)
  • de1amo
    de1amo Posts: 3,401 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    took first mortgage at 23.
    own 1st residence outright.
    rental property has mortgage of 55k--fully offset.
    mfw'11 No68- 55k mortgage İO--little to nothing saved! i must do better.
  • how old were you when you took out your mortgage? This one 31 (first mortgage at 19)

    how many years do you have left to pay? 6 years left on fixed rate, 16 left in total

    how much outstanding? £135,500ish but fully offset :D

    how old will you be when your mortgage is paid off :money: 43 at current repayment rates but probably sooner - say 40?
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