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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • debtfreewannabe321
    debtfreewannabe321 Posts: 9,461 Forumite
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    Sending hugs beanie ❤️
    MORTGAGE BALANCE when we moved Aug 2024, £120,000. January 1st £118,267.06. May 1st, £116, 123, June 1st, £115,536, New mortgage added for extension- £165,000 July 1st!
    Mortgage Overpayments - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. Aug-£200.
    Total- £1362.23
    Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1650

    EF- first goal £300
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6496485/buying-a-little-piece-of-middle-england#latest
  • teapot2
    teapot2 Posts: 3,547 Forumite
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    Aw so hard, sorry you have all this to cope with 🤗 x
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,413 Forumite
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    Hang on in there Beanie….and keep plodding 👍
    January spends - £587.58
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,061 Forumite
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    Sorry things are tough xx
    "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
  • Mrs_Money_Penny
    Mrs_Money_Penny Posts: 1,312 Forumite
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    Sending hugs x
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  • maggiem
    maggiem Posts: 1,952 Forumite
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    Sending positive thoughts and hugs Beanie, take care of yourself and will look forward to your return. 
  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 11,518 Forumite
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    Hugs Beanie. 
    L
    Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
    Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
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  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,989 Forumite
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    It can feel never ending sometimes. Hugs.
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
    2) £1.6K Net savings after CCs 14/8/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £25.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 31.1/£127.5K target 24.4% 15/8/25
    4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
    5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/25
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,858 Forumite
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    Hugs from here too x

    KK
    As at 15.08.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,048  Interest saved £5,675 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 44 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 21st August
    Produce tracker: £299 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,051 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    Keep plodding! Sending a hug.
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 100/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
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