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  • LauraJo
    LauraJo Posts: 1,041 Forumite
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    Well done Mr F!!!
    Mortgage starting balance 2011 ... £170k today £1.5k
    Savings: £3k
    Aim: 100k by Dec 2021
  • Mint1955 wrote: »
    Congrats to Mr F but what was the saying?

    Thank you Mint - it's the title "What's for you will not go by you".

    Fortune x
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,436 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Thank you Mint - it's the title "What's for you will not go by you".

    Fortune x

    One of my father's favourite sayings although it's a bit more scottish the way he says it - his other is "you've got to cut a stick when you see it":D

    P.S. well done Mr FS
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £36,210


    Money making challenge £38/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • Good news - well done Mr F :T
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Mint1955
    Mint1955 Posts: 685 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    Lol sorry I thought it odd you hadn't mentioned anything!


    Thank you Mint - it's the title "What's for you will not go by you".

    Fortune x
    Living the dream and retired in Cyprus :j

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5105296
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,676 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hurrah~ most excellent news :j
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    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

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  • XSpender
    XSpender Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    Congratulations Mr F :D
    Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
    Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
    Make £2021 extra income - £99.75
  • Hi Fortune, congratulations to Mr F, that's fantastic news.

    Best wishes, Tilly
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Well done Mr F :j, what's for ye will no go by ye indeed :j
    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"
  • megela
    megela Posts: 755 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary
    :TWell done and congratulations Mr F!:T
    Re-mortgaged 20/04/12 MTiT-T3 No.7
    Start balance £89611.10 + £22500 = £112111.10/Current balance £85436.53
    Original Mortgage Free Date April 2032
    Target Mortgage Free Date July 2022/Currently August 2029 (based on no offset)
    Total overpayments from 20/04/12: £8152.95
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