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2015 mfw
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So my total so far
Jan -£30
Feb- £145
Mar - £75
Apr - £70 Ytd total £320
May target - £95
Getting there slowly and its actually really nice to make the overpayments (no matter how small) and know it's money I won't ever pay interest on again
Chocs0 -
#19 reporting an overpayment for April: £245.54 (so more to come hopefully).
Keep up the good work everyone and thanks as always for organising this!2015 MFW #19, 2015 overpayment target: £4,559.83 from revised target of £3,600 (@ 2 December 2015).0 -
I know it is late but I'm new.
Just made a payment yesterday 20,000.
Goal fr the rest of the year 2000.
Sarahevie1HOME
Original mortgage free date Nov 2037
Mortgage free August 2018
Additional properties
Mortgage 1 £108,000
Mortgage 2 £45,000
Teacher pension - DB scheme
LGPS pension - DB scheme0 -
another update from me (#69)
£136 for February
£155 for March
£60 for April
bringing my 2015 total to £507.63/£3000 or 17%.
Have just applied for our new mortgage product - if approved it will enable us to double our built in OPs :jknow thyselfNid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...0 -
choccielover wrote: »Getting there slowly and its actually really nice to make the overpayments (no matter how small) and know it's money I won't ever pay interest on again
Chocs
The smallest ones add up! My OP on my first mortgage was only £25, but it all contributes to the saving of INTEREST!
Keep it going 0 -
sarahevie1 wrote: »I know it is late but I'm new.
Just made a payment yesterday 20,000.
Goal fr the rest of the year 2000.
Sarahevie1
Sounds like you had a LB moment
Good luck0 -
Marie27lol wrote: »Sounds like you had a LB moment
Good luck
I'm an old poster overpaid about £60,000 in total. Started in 2010 with £140,000, now owe around £58,000 but I'm also now a single parent so it'll be a much slower, harder roadHOME
Original mortgage free date Nov 2037
Mortgage free August 2018
Additional properties
Mortgage 1 £108,000
Mortgage 2 £45,000
Teacher pension - DB scheme
LGPS pension - DB scheme0 -
#103 Not updated you for a while... Still plodding on an expensive month in March with best friends hen party but still OP ...
March £195.06
April started well too with £124.73
Putting aside all my interests on accounts and money back from 123 cards really helps ��0 -
Over payment for April £560.85MFW No.98
Overpayments Target 2015 -£50000 -
sarahevie1 wrote: »I know it is late but I'm new.
Just made a payment yesterday 20,000.
Goal fr the rest of the year 2000.
Sarahevie1
Welcome, sarahevie1, and well done on the massive overpayment!0
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