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How much did we pay off in 2012?

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  • Let's keep this near the top of the page and reach half a million :j
    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 :)
  • Total for us was around the 6k-7k mark :T
    DEBT FREE AND PROUD:D
    'Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt'
  • That should be Running total £408,234.65

    Whoops, sorry!
  • Time_to_face_the_music
    Time_to_face_the_music Posts: 5,454 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 15 January 2013 at 6:52PM
    Total for us was around the 6k-7k mark :T

    If we average out Sista's debt payment at £6500, that makes a new total of £428,308.86

    Outstanding! :T

    Please keep them coming :j
    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 :)
  • jet9cat
    jet9cat Posts: 1,657 Forumite
    Just received my annual mortgage statement and I have paid off £2883.32 - ok just my normal payments, not overpayments unfortunately, but it's still paying the debt down rather than adding to it so I hope you'll agree it counts!

    This brings the running total to £431,192.18
    Every penny's a prisoner
    PADding is addictive
    MFW August 2023 - unless I get my butt into gear :D
  • Paid off £4,027 (excluding interest)

    This brings the running total to £435,219.18
    Gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair

    Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him
  • sproggi
    sproggi Posts: 1,560 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    £5708 off of mine this year

    Running total now

    £440927.18

    :T:T:T
    'We can get over being poor, but it takes longer to get over being ignorant'
    Jane Sequichie Hifler
    Beware of little expenses.A small leak will sink a great ship
    Benjamin Franklin
  • Paid £5784 in 2012. :T

    Running total: £446,711.18
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £770/£730 105%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£36.5k 67.7%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
  • skaps
    skaps Posts: 2,255 Forumite
    Bump


    Anyone else?
    MFW 2016 No 68 £1300/£8500 No new toiletries Cook sth different
  • 1stTimer
    1stTimer Posts: 459 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I paid off £4988.47

    Running total: £451,699.65
    Save £12k in 2025 #32 £14,871.88 / £6000


     
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