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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,135 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Love the leggings too - very colour coordinated.
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £169.8K Equity 37.1%
    2) £1.3K Net savings after CCs 16/1/26 (but owed £1.1K) so £2.4K
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £34.8K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.3K) = 40.6/£127.5K target 31.8% 16/11/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 62.7K or 49.2%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5.2K updated 16/1/26
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,644 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Hope you’re having a relaxing weekend Beanie 
    January spends - £587.58
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 98,023 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Very very tied.
    Have slept a lot this weekend.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,411 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    beanielou said:
    Very very tied.
    Have slept a lot this weekend.
    Sounds like you are catching up with yourself. I can relate. Glad you have been able to rest x 
    As at 15.01.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £222,084
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 9 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 27th January 
    Produce tracker: £36 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. 
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 98,023 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    KajiKita said:
    beanielou said:
    Very very tied.
    Have slept a lot this weekend.
    Sounds like you are catching up with yourself. I can relate. Glad you have been able to rest x 
    Thank you  :) x
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 23,033 Forumite
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    You obviously needed the rest 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
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,644 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Glad you managed to rest. You must have needed it. 
    January spends - £587.58
  • LadyWithAPlan
    LadyWithAPlan Posts: 3,826 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    Loving those Pom Pom’s but agree where are the flashing lights ! 

    Think we all needing extra sleep right now - full moon, changing of seasons and this cold - look after yourself 
    DON'T BUY STUFF (from Frugalwoods)
    No seriously, just don’t buy things. 99% of our success with our savings rate is attributed to the fact that we don’t buy things... You can and should take advantage of discounts.... But at the end of the day, the only way to truly save money is to not buy stuff.    Money doesn’t walk out of your wallet on its own accord.
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6289577/future-proofing-my-life-deposit-saving-then-mfw-journey-in-under-13-years#latest
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