Mortgage Free in Three Yrs

do_it_today!

Hi All :hello:
today's figure is £124,747.41 so abit higher than I would have liked but still on target I think.
Amazon book sales have dried up and I still have bank charge letters to write - so will just keep going :j

Trying_to_be_good

farhad1965 wrote: »

front page headline BASE RATES TO FALL BY 2% OVER NEXT 18 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fingers VERY crossed!

setmefree2

farhad1965 wrote: »

Some good news ... was sat in the tube going home just now, doing the Sudoku in the free afternoon paper.... finished it .... looked across and the guy opposite was holding the other free paper with the front page headline BASE RATES TO FALL BY 2% OVER NEXT 18 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was well chuffed!:beer:

Oh wouldn't that be nice!:beer::T:T

setmefree2

Trying_to_be_good wrote: »

AXA Sunlife have AGREED my mis-selling claim, and instead of just over £2,000 surrender value, they're going to give me nearly £3,500!

Well done:j:j:j

firesidemaid

re. parents....

i too have the same worries. i started my MS habits from them - my love of jumble sales and charity shops etc

i think they have spent so long scrimping and getting by that now they have retired as such they feel 'bu&&er it', we're going to enjoy what we have now and when it's gone it's gone.

i can understand it a little as we never know what is around the corner, but there is so much money to be saved without cutting back, especially with so much time on their hands! ah well......:rolleyes:

catshark88

Have Pm'd Tallgirl but here is my anniversary update.

The mortgage now stands at £174,473 which is quite a bit less than last year, so I am really pleased. According to the notes on my bank's online page, this has reduced the mortgage by 11 years.

Keep going everyone! :beer:

AnW'sMum

Wow catshark that is amazing, well done and even more impressive seeing as your target was to reduce by £50k over 3 years. Just under £100k in 1 year woooohoooooo brilliant :T:T:T

ailuro2

firesidemaid wrote: »

re. parents....

i think they have spent so long scrimping and getting by that now they have retired as such they feel 'bu&&er it', we're going to enjoy what we have now and when it's gone it's gone.

i can understand it a little as we never know what is around the corner, but there is so much money to be saved without cutting back, especially with so much time on their hands! ah well......:rolleyes:

I agree- why give money away, when you can have ANOTHER holiday/cruise? Hopefully I'll be taking that attitude when we've retired- all that time off is wasted on the old!!:p

setmefree2

Well done catshark:T:T:T:T:T

TallGirl

Well done to everyone so lovely to read the updates. We have achieved so much in this first year mainly that we had paid a load of our mortgages but we have also had people getting new job, getting married, expanding their families, getting unexpected money back etc etc. Congratulation and well done to all of them.

But some people on here are also having bad times and might not have been able to pay as much off as they would have liked. Remember this is not a race and we have got another two years to go so please stick with this even if you have not done as well as you wanted to.

Looking good on the update front, keep them coming....