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2014 mfw

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  • Welshlassie
    Welshlassie Posts: 1,731 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Can I join please?

    Target of £1,000 by the end of the year. I've just upped our monthly payment by 71.38 per month and would therefore need to find an additional £40 per month before the end of the year to reach £1,000. Hope it's feasible.

    Have OP'd £24 so far this year.
  • Beckyy
    Beckyy Posts: 2,833 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    No. 54 with March OP of £209. Thank you! :)
  • norfolkdream
    norfolkdream Posts: 383 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Mortgage-free Glee!
    No 81.
    £250 OP, total now £1350 for year.
    Thanks
    MFW 16 No 33
    2016 OP Paid/Target 2063/£2063 (100%) COMPLETE
    Mortgage Free - Apr 2016 -DONE!:j
  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Sorry this is late, but number 42 OP for February was £362.30 :)
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
    Personal Finance Blogger + YouTuber / In pursuit of FIRE
  • kirstypark
    kirstypark Posts: 771 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    have paid another £440 for march, totalling £1561.97 for no 7 please.:j
    mortgage 1 33,000. paid nov 2012 :D. mortgage 2 87,000 due 51,686.76 at july 2013, but then:new home and remortgage ... £101065.43:eek: now 74k
  • Lomcevak
    Lomcevak Posts: 1,026 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Another £250 for #12, so £600 in total for March please - that's my last update for the month.
  • #23 reporting an OP of £4,355 for March

    Thanks JCL :)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • turtlemoose
    turtlemoose Posts: 1,699 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Late to the party, but can I join please?

    2 mortgages here, target is to op mortgage1 by £41.23 a month, and mortgage2 by £156.77 a month as minimum - so yearly total target is £2376

    Will come back and update with my year to date totals on Monday.
  • JCL
    JCL Posts: 574 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Spreadsheet updated and new numbers allocated to kmcld2 (125), Welshlassie (126) and turtlemoose (128).
    MFW 2015 #41 = £20,515/£20,515
    MFW 2014 #41 = £26,100/£25,000
    MFW 2013 #41 = £10,000/£10,000
    Original MF date = May 2036 - MF achieved on 15 June 2015
  • usa1
    usa1 Posts: 538 Forumite
    I made an £350.00 OP to Halifax yesterday. feels good. Its £350.00 less I owe the world.
    It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise
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