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2014 mfw

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  • Lomcevak
    Lomcevak Posts: 1,026 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Thanks JCL, #12 it is - the 2013 mfw thread has been a great motivation, so thanks for picking up the challenge in '14
  • Hello
    Please include me again this year: target OP £2000
    Thank you
  • Hi JCL - no 67 here, thanks for adding me to the list. Can you please put me down for £6,200 for 2014.

    Thanks
    AG :-)
    4 February 2014 - Mortgage Free

    MFW14 no 67 - overpayment goal £6,200/£6,200
    Save 12k in 2014 no 142 - savings goal £5,300/£12,000
  • VoucherMan
    VoucherMan Posts: 2,807 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I need some advice as would be keen to remain on the MFW list for 2914 but currently in the process of moving our mortgage to an offset product. In essence I won't be making overpayments but we will be adding each month to our offset savings account.

    Would this count?

    Personally I hope to have mine paid off before then;) but if 2013 was anything to go by there are several with offset mortgages. Some do what you are suggesting.
    As long as you can come up with a figure (target) that you can work to, possibly the amount you want to increase your offset balance by, then call it your op target.
  • pammyj74
    pammyj74 Posts: 3,290 Forumite
    Thanks JCL for the new thread
    I would also like to rejoin, havent been on the mortgage threads much the past few months as someone is using it against me but I have decided to carry on regardless. It will be a bit more difficult for me next year with not as much money coming in so will have to set my target as £5k next year.

    I have a 10% limit and my mortgage is just short of £30k :j (just made it under for the end of the year :)) so after I have used my limit (which ends August and restarts) I will put the rest in savings to do a bulk OP when the limit starts again. I only have £1800 of my limit left til August.

    My term is now only 3 years and I have reached my second end goal target of Dec 16 :j :T
    I am now hoping to be done in two years :beer:
    MPs left feb '08 276- Dec 13 36 :T MB Jan 10 ~ £82,377 Dec 13 ~ £29987
    EMFD was Feb 32 :eek: NOW Dec 2013 its Dec 2016
    MF new target Dec 16 REACHED!! :j
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,616 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 29 December 2013 at 3:55PM
    Please put me down for £1200, we're remortgaging to cut 6 years off our term so it's unlikely to be higher.
  • Shortie
    Shortie Posts: 2,224 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Thanks for the number JCL - off to add it to my sig :D

    I might not make any overpayments the first two months while I try to get rid of my £2k bank of Mum and Dad loan, but I'll start overpaying after that as I'll start saving at that point too for things we need to do with the house
  • Can I join please, will be taking out a new mortgage and want to overpay at least £2000 by end of year :D
    MFiT-T7 #17 (Jan 2025) $193k (Apr) $177k (July) $159k (Oct) $139,900 (Jan 2026) $123,000 (April)$104,700
    (July) $ (Oct) $ (Jan 2027) $

    SPC 19 #6 £219.60
    Regular Saver A/C (24/25) £2800 (25/26) £

    SPC’s (1)£27.19 (2)£728 (3)£1471 (4)£357 (5)£435.18 (6)£1114.92 (7)£1492 (8)£392 (9)£1952 (10)£1866.65 (11)£1177.74 (12)£1445.39 (13)£1608 (14)£603.30 (15)£672 (16)£2563 (17)£1300 (18)£353.50 (19)
  • Hi everyone, I would like to join in please :)

    During 2013 I made £3,075 worth of overpayments, which is less than I hoped for but having lost my job due to health issues, I'm quite happy with it. I don't know when I will be able to start working again so I will try a target of £3,500 for 2014 please and see how I go. Thanks
    Thank you to everyone who posts on here :)
  • all the best 2014

    take it easy
    stressed=desserts
    £48515 interest £181 (2009)debt/mortgage-MFIT/T2/T3
    debt/mortgage free 28/11/14
    vanguard shares index isa £1000
    credit union £400
    emergency fund£500
    #81 save 2018£4200
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