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2018 Mortgage-Free Wannabes

hiddenshadow · 2017-12-02 14:52:08

Welcome to the Mortgage Free Wannabe thread for 2018 :D Mortgages can seem so huge and long-lived that it often feels pointless to make over-payments - what's the point in paying £50 off a £100k mortgage? But even small overpayments have a dramatic effect; that £50 extra a month would cut almost four years and £10k of…

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Cherryfudge Posts: 14,197 Forumite

10 March 2019 at 10:06PM

Moneybutterfly, there is a 2019 version here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5935326/2019-mortgage-free-wannabes

I hope 2019 is a good year for you and your mortgage!

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