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Mortgage Destruction. Beastmode Activated!

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  • HitTheBeach
    HitTheBeach Posts: 42 Forumite
    Another overpayment made. This time for £2000

    Details:
    Overpayment amount made today: £2000
    Mortgage remaining following overpayment: £27,958.43
    Interest Rate: 4.74% (No change)
    Time remaining at normal repayment amount: 8 Years 4 Months
    Reduction in term due to today's payment: 10 Months
    Reduction in years since overpayments began: 16 years
    Total Months overpaying: 5 Months
    Total Overpayment made: 5
    Total amount overpaid: £29521.03
    12/2013 Mortgage £58430.63 - 24 years remain
    02/2014 Mortgage £37095.41 - 12 years remain
    04/2014 Mortgage £33385.06 - 10 years 5 months
    09/2014 Mortgage £22270.30 - 6 years 4 months
    02/2015 Mortgage £12001.09 - 3 years 2 months
  • You are doing really well! Congrats


    Do you have a date when you want to be mortgage free?
    Mortgage March 2013: [STRIKE]£55,956 [/STRIKE]£38,500 (aim to pay off by 2020)
    Overpay aim 2013: £9,974/ £5,000 :T:T:T
    Overpay aim 2014: £3,800/£12,000
    Kitchen and curtain fund: €1,000 / €4,000
    Emergency fund: €1,000 / €2,000
  • Another overpayment made. This time for £5000 due to missing a couple because of holidays.

    Details:
    Overpayment amount made today: £5000
    Mortgage remaining following overpayment: £22,270.13
    Interest Rate: 4.74% (No change)
    Time remaining at normal repayment amount: 6 Years 4 Months
    Reduction in term due to today's payment: 2 Years
    Reduction in years since overpayments began: 18 Years
    Total Months overpaying: 9 Months
    Total Overpayment made: 6
    Total amount overpaid: £34521.03
    12/2013 Mortgage £58430.63 - 24 years remain
    02/2014 Mortgage £37095.41 - 12 years remain
    04/2014 Mortgage £33385.06 - 10 years 5 months
    09/2014 Mortgage £22270.30 - 6 years 4 months
    02/2015 Mortgage £12001.09 - 3 years 2 months
  • You are doing really well! Congrats


    Do you have a date when you want to be mortgage free?

    Hi. Thank you.

    I really want to be Mortgage Free by next summer.
    12/2013 Mortgage £58430.63 - 24 years remain
    02/2014 Mortgage £37095.41 - 12 years remain
    04/2014 Mortgage £33385.06 - 10 years 5 months
    09/2014 Mortgage £22270.30 - 6 years 4 months
    02/2015 Mortgage £12001.09 - 3 years 2 months
  • finish by next summer... so that you can hit the beach? :rotfl:
  • Marcello wrote: »
    finish by next summer... so that you can hit the beach? :rotfl:

    Exactly!

    The company I work for is expanding into Spain next year so I've started learning Spanish to enable me to get involved.

    Thoughts become things!
    12/2013 Mortgage £58430.63 - 24 years remain
    02/2014 Mortgage £37095.41 - 12 years remain
    04/2014 Mortgage £33385.06 - 10 years 5 months
    09/2014 Mortgage £22270.30 - 6 years 4 months
    02/2015 Mortgage £12001.09 - 3 years 2 months
  • wow good work. that mortgage is mincemeat at the rate you're ploughing through it!
    Mortgage: [STRIKE]Apr 2014 £141, 415[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£137,491[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£128k [/STRIKE] Dec 2019 £81,621
  • Cheers! I'm delighted with my progress.
    I reckon I have around 9 or 10 overpayments left until I'm FREE. I may start a countdown.
    12/2013 Mortgage £58430.63 - 24 years remain
    02/2014 Mortgage £37095.41 - 12 years remain
    04/2014 Mortgage £33385.06 - 10 years 5 months
    09/2014 Mortgage £22270.30 - 6 years 4 months
    02/2015 Mortgage £12001.09 - 3 years 2 months
  • I'm slacking.
    I haven't overpaid since September! I have been saving though.
    Planning to pay 8k off first week of Feb.
    12/2013 Mortgage £58430.63 - 24 years remain
    02/2014 Mortgage £37095.41 - 12 years remain
    04/2014 Mortgage £33385.06 - 10 years 5 months
    09/2014 Mortgage £22270.30 - 6 years 4 months
    02/2015 Mortgage £12001.09 - 3 years 2 months
  • Another overpayment made. This time for £9000

    Details:
    Overpayment amount made today: £9000
    Mortgage remaining following overpayment: £12001.09
    Interest Rate: 4.74% (No change)
    Time remaining at normal repayment amount: 3 Years, 2 Months
    Reduction in term due to today's payment: 3 Years, 2 months
    Reduction in years since overpayments began: 21 Years since 12/2013
    Total Overpayment made: 7
    Total amount overpaid: £43521.03

    SO CLOSE!!!
    12/2013 Mortgage £58430.63 - 24 years remain
    02/2014 Mortgage £37095.41 - 12 years remain
    04/2014 Mortgage £33385.06 - 10 years 5 months
    09/2014 Mortgage £22270.30 - 6 years 4 months
    02/2015 Mortgage £12001.09 - 3 years 2 months
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