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  • Poppycat1
    Poppycat1 Posts: 381 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I have just made my second overpayment of January 2018. Another £1,0000 off. So £2,000 total for January 2018.
    £60,000 left to pay
    Currently 12.4 years left
    Target June 2031
  • [FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]No [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]27[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot] with an o/p of [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]£290.00[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]
    [/FONT][/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]Making Total so far £2044.59[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]
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    [FONT=&quot]things will slow down for 2-3 months at least just making small o/p's.
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    [FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]Thank you[/FONT][/FONT]
    Always have 00.00 at the end of your mortgage and one day it will all be 0's :dance:
    MF[STRIKE] March 2030[/STRIKE] Yes that does say 2030 :eek: Mortgage Free 21.12.18 _party_
    Now a Part Timer from 27.10.19
  • hiddenshadow
    hiddenshadow Posts: 2,525 Forumite
    Hi

    Can I join again please? I was 85 last year if that's still available. I'm aiming for 500 for the year. It's low, but I'm on SMP for the year and I wanted to keep doing something towards the mortgage.

    Thanks :)

    Welcome back! You're still #85. :)
  • ninnoodle
    ninnoodle Posts: 433 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    #181 - first OP of the year at £60. Got £58 TCB back so rounded it up.
  • #6 adding my regular S/O OP of £159.89 making my January total so far £474.55
    Total OPs 2012 - 2019 £39744.75
    Target 2020 £18500/£18500
    01/05/2020 MORTGAGE FREE
    MFiT-T4 #03 MFW2019 #3
  • ninnoodle
    ninnoodle Posts: 433 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    ~181 - payday and got a bonus from work so £800 OP - delighted! :D
  • Hi all

    End of the month for me so no. 37 reporting an additional OP of £65.28 making my January total £225.49.

    Thanks as always hiddenshadow
    MFW #37 2018 £1371.67/£2664 (51.5%) (2017 £2647.97/£2664 (99.4%)) Original End Date Dec 2038 Now November 2036
  • bunty109
    bunty109 Posts: 1,265 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    #24 with a Jan total of £1130.08
    MFW 2019#24 £9474.89/£11000 MFW 2018#24 £23025.41/£15000
    MFi3 v5 #53 £12531/
    MFi3 v4 #53 £59442/£39387
  • #28 (thanks hiddenshadow!) with an OP of £200 for January. Serious OPs will pick up after March when the repairs are finished.
  • pavlovs_dog
    pavlovs_dog Posts: 10,223 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    #22 reporting for duty! Built in OP of £410.03 + 89.99 to give a January total of £500.02
    know thyself
    Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...
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