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How much did we pay off in 2012?

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  • Mikeone
    Mikeone Posts: 184 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    I paid off £2,695.65, which was all that was needed to finally clear the lot.

    New total £120,733.83
    I'm a...I'm a real traditionalist of course
  • I paid off £16,570.76

    New total: £137,304.59
    I was a DFW, now I'm a MFW :T
  • System
    System Posts: 178,390 Community Admin
    10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I paid off £6700!! Woo Hoo, bring on 2013!
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • skaps
    skaps Posts: 2,255 Forumite
    Moneymash wrote: »
    Sorry to kill the vibe and apologies if I have missed this somewhere, is this the amount our debt has reduced by? What I paid off is more than the amount my debt has reduced by because of interest.

    I would then put down what you paid off that's what I put down.
    MFW 2016 No 68 £1300/£8500 No new toiletries Cook sth different
  • skaps
    skaps Posts: 2,255 Forumite
    Great totals everyone.
    Well done to those of u who have become debt free fingers crossed I do this year.

    Running total: £144,004.59
    MFW 2016 No 68 £1300/£8500 No new toiletries Cook sth different
  • We paid off £19,574.94 in 2012 :j

    Plus a whole lot of interest and charges :mad:

    This takes running total up to

    £163,579.53 :T
    LBM 10/1/12 ~ DFW Start 6/2/12: £82,344 ~ Now Zero
    :staradmin:starmod::staradmin Debt free 17th April 2015 :staradmin:starmod::staradmin
    Eternal thanks to the DMP & Mutual Support (no.439) and Payment a Day Threads
    Mortgage free 3rd July 2014 - Grateful thanks to the 2013/14 MFW threads
    "Debt is normal. Be weird!" Dave Ramsey
    Proud to have dealt with our debt :)
  • Moneymash
    Moneymash Posts: 510 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    I paid off £10,656.01
    running total now

    £174,235.54

    Debt-Free day 30th September 2014
  • banwa
    banwa Posts: 952 Forumite
    We reduced our debt by

    £4578.58

    Running total is now

    £178814.12
    Debt £26k 18/10/14
  • harry7075
    harry7075 Posts: 261 Forumite
    We paid off £4,500

    Total £183,314.12
  • sistercas
    sistercas Posts: 4,803 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    We cleared our debts this year using part of DHs retirement lump sum. £28,564

    Running total: 211878.12
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