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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • sashybo
    sashybo Posts: 4,613 Forumite
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    Hope your back is feeling better soon and the kitties are giving you cuddles. ❤️ 
    Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Car loan 1 £18,500 Car loan CC 0% BT £3870 CC 0% Holiday flights £1140. Debt Free Diary to try & keep spending in check.
  • Healing vibes en route.  Also have you ever tried mint udder cream? It was recommended to a friend by a chiropractor.
    Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 12st 1lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough.
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 23,409 Forumite
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    Hope your back improves soon x
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,952 Forumite
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    Sending light and gentle healing energy 
    ✨✨✨✨@beanielou✨✨✨✨

    KK
    As at 17.03.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £219,071
    - OPs to mortgage = £17,793 Estd. interest saved = £9,021 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 26 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 12th April. 
    Produce tracker: £78 of £400 in 2026

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • Sending love x
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 25,367 Forumite
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    Sending healing vibes your way 🙏 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,728 Forumite
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    Hope it feels better soon Beanie x
    Mortgage OP 2026 £640/2000
    Mortgage balance: £32,222

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr
    Boiler fund £1981/3000

  • Hope all the vibes are working. 
    Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.

  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 23,409 Forumite
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    Hope you feel better today x
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
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