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Thank you for the kind words, it was definitely the inspiration of this thread and the previous one that made it easier :T
Being mortgage free feels absolutely wonderful but now it's back to the reality of getting completely debt free. Watch this space .... :jLBM 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 ThreadsMortgage free 3rd July 2014 - Grateful thanks to the 2013/14 MFW threads"Debt is normal. Be weird!" Dave RamseyProud to have dealt with our debt
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another £20 for No.92 - total for July to date £710
Mortgage 12.12.12 £55842 12.12.13 £42716 14.12.14 £28837 13.12.15 £25913
Mortgage OP £50/£600 House Fund £420/£50000 -
no 7 with another £27.56 making my total for july £702.73.mortgage 1 33,000. paid nov 2012. mortgage 2 87,000 due 51,686.76 at july 2013, but then:new home and remortgage ... £101065.43:eek: now 74k0
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emptied my small change pot yesterday - another £17 to the mortgage No. 92 July total to date £727... Mortgage 12.12.12 £55842 12.12.13 £42716 14.12.14 £28837 13.12.15 £25913
Mortgage OP £50/£600 House Fund £420/£50000 -
Time_to_face_the_music wrote: »Number 135 reporting in to tell you all that the endowment payment is in the bank, the savings have been transferred and ......:j:j We are about to become mortgage free :j:j
I never thought we would get there and can't believe how good this feels and I just need to say thank you so much for the support and encouragement on this thread. :iloveyou:
TTFTM x
Congrats TTFTM!Still striving to be mortgage free before I get to a point I can't enjoy it.
Owed at the end of -
02/19 - £78,400. 04/19 - £85,000. 05/19 - £83,300. 06/19 - £78,900.
07/19 - £77,500. 08/19 - £76,000.0 -
I've been going through a real rough patch for well over a year, but things are finally starting to look up at long last! :j
No. 86 with my first overpayment of the year of £350. Hopefully this is the start of being able to make regular overpayments again, fingers crossed Thank you to everyone who posts on here0 -
Time_to_face_the_music wrote: »Number 135 reporting in to tell you all that the endowment payment is in the bank, the savings have been transferred and ......:j:j We are about to become mortgage free :j:j
I never thought we would get there and can't believe how good this feels and I just need to say thank you so much for the support and encouragement on this thread. :iloveyou:
TTFTM x
Wow!!! Congratulations :T
Well I have made our first decent OP this Year. £500 for #1 thanks JCL2016 MFW OPd £2000, 2015 MFW OPd 3000 then bought new bigger house with bigger mortgage.Beautiful boys born May 2011 and October 2013
MFW OPd 2014 £2000 2013 £9700 2012 £2848.39 2011 £2509.58 2010 £11000 2009 £112002008 £4939
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Been back at work from maternity for one week. Tomorrow we have a meeting all about upcoming redundancies AGAIN ! (last time it was my last week before maternity started)
Anyway we were thinking of moving and booking a holiday abroad next year (not been overseas in 5 years) but now its just save, save, save! DH and I have just agreed to attack the mortgage
2016 MFW OPd £2000, 2015 MFW OPd 3000 then bought new bigger house with bigger mortgage.Beautiful boys born May 2011 and October 2013
MFW OPd 2014 £2000 2013 £9700 2012 £2848.39 2011 £2509.58 2010 £11000 2009 £112002008 £4939
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Number 95 again with a few more updates -
May £225
June £425
July £17250 -
Hello
£1100 for June please JCL.
Thank you
TxStill striving to be mortgage free before I get to a point I can't enjoy it.
Owed at the end of -
02/19 - £78,400. 04/19 - £85,000. 05/19 - £83,300. 06/19 - £78,900.
07/19 - £77,500. 08/19 - £76,000.0
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