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  • Hey everyone, congratulations to everyone on here who's reached their debt-free date. Don't forget to post on the Debt-Free Roll of Honour :)
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  • Debtfree2018_2
    Debtfree2018_2 Posts: 107 Forumite
    edited 26 October 2014 at 8:36AM
    Approx. March 2019 seems too far away, but working towards 2018, as per name
  • Next payday- 25th November. I started with nearly £7.5k at the start of the year and I'll be clearing the final £1200ish when I next get paid. Christmas will be debt free!
  • zenshi
    zenshi Posts: 1,142 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    2023 but hopefully sooner
    LBM.....sometime in 2013 £27,056. 10 creditors
    June 20.....£7,587.....3 creditors left 72% paid

    £26,200 on interest only part of mortgage (July 16)...will chip away £17,103
    £49,200 repayment mortgage ( July 16) £37,764
  • shoe*diva79
    shoe*diva79 Posts: 1,356 Forumite
    31st May 2016 but if I can do it sooner then I will
  • Zerdi6
    Zerdi6 Posts: 88 Forumite
    27/12/2021 as things stand at the moment - hoping to up DMP payments in the next couple of years if possible.
  • MrsSave
    MrsSave Posts: 1,817 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    5 years according to snowball plan, but I'm aiming for 2 years, so debt free by Christmas 2016.
    Starting a new debt free journey
    Starting Debt: £5,250
    Current Debt: £4,995.50
    Amount Paid: £254.50 Percentage Paid: 4.84%
    Emergency Fund: £350
  • 1st May 2015...6 loan payments left and counting. Will be the first time in 15 years that I haven't had any debt.

    Can't wait to post on the debt free roll of honour :D
    [FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]D[FONT=&quot]ebt free since May 2015[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][/FONT][/FONT]
  • i'm slowly paying back student loans and overdrafts, i hope i'll be debt free by my 30th!! :beer:
  • our debt free date all being well is November 2015 , been with stepchange / cccs since june 2010 , started at over £40'000.00 now we are down to under £10'000.00 its been a battle but we are almost there , still a way to go .. we are now down to 2 debts originally was 6 debts .
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