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  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,323 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    So glad to hear that you had a lovely Christmas Beanie, despite the fall. 

    Wishing you all the best for a wonderful 2026! 
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,077 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Here’s to a lovely 2026 for you 😊

    KK
    As at 15.12.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
    - 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 0 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 1st January 
    Produce tracker: £0 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. 
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,853 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Happy New year to you!  Hope it's a good one :)
    "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
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,520 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Happy new year, Beanie!! 🎉🍾❤️
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000. Mortgage Free November 2025!
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,616 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Happy New Year Beanie x
    Mortgage OP 2026 £0/2000
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £33,821

    Make £50 a month Jan £0
    Boiler fund £925/3000

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
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