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Number 5 here....£206 op for August please. (Bit behind the £256 I was aiming for monthly but with the interest rate drop this may help me from next month-yippee!)
Thanks lomcevakMortgage free 04/03/2025. Thanks to this site and lots of overpayments bit by bit.
Next stop: house repairs, holiday fund, replace our very old cars, more financial security/early retirement savings.🤞0 -
No 46 - August update
Monthly o/p - £336.29
Monthly mortgage payment - £1509.38
O/P to date - £2610.92 (74.6% to target)
Thanks as always Lomcevak
MM
xMortgage 1 - 01/2/2015 - £243,750 ; Mortgage 01/11/2024 - £132,576.55
Mortgage 2 - 2019 - £76,600 ; Mortgage 01/10/2024 - £47,763.29
MFit-T5 - reduce to £140,000 MFiT-T6 - reduce to £110,000
01/10/2024 Daily Interest - M1 = £18.27 (!!); M2 = £7.41
Debt at highest point in 24 -£21,344
Debt 1st November 24 - £16,192.18 24% paid. Focusing on this in earnest!!!0 -
op of £26440.00 for august
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catslovelycats wrote: »op of £26440.00 for august
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^^^ Ditto!Mortgage £126746 DEC14 £122423.53 DEC15 £115041.70 DEC16 Remortgaged Sep17 to pay off HtB loan £150000 - £140500 JUL19 Moved house Oct19 £230000 £230400 DEC200
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Hello,
Number 58, £690 August overpayment.
Thank you LomcevakMortgage Balance £00 -
#28 with a final payment of £7,086!
All gone! NOW I need a holiday! and boy am I going to book one!
Thank you so much to this thread and contributors and especially Lomcevak for keeping me on track! Keep it up! It happens!Mortgage £225k May 2017 - aim to pay off by Jan 2030 - MFW 2017 #118
Outstanding mortgage: £81,987
Cash reserve target £40 / £10k
S&S ISA £1000/ £20k
MF1 August 2016. approx (£152k start Jan 2009)
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Mimi Massive congrats
Baby Step 1 - £1k Emergency Fund - COMPLETE
Baby Step 2 - Pay off all debts except the Mortgage - £9,326 to go
Baby Step 3 - Save 6 months of expenses into full Emergency Fund - £4,300 to go
Baby Step 4 - Put 15% into Pension
Baby Step 6 - Pay off the Mortgage early
Baby Step 7 - Live like no-one else0 -
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MortgageFreeMimi wrote: »#28 with a final payment of £7,086!
All gone! NOW I need a holiday! and boy am I going to book one!
Thank you so much to this thread and contributors and especially Lomcevak for keeping me on track! Keep it up! It happens!Fantasic news MortgageFreeMimi, huge congratulations
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