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2018 Mortgage-Free Wannabes

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  • Kittenkirst
    Kittenkirst Posts: 2,468 Forumite
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    HI HiddenShadow

    Could I please keep #20 with a target of £3000 op please?

    Thanks again
    First home- Oct’16 until June’21: £170.995- Overpayments made £13,784 (25% extra!).
    New forever home- Sep’21 £309,449 @ 2.05%. Plan to clear it before 30 years!!!!!!
  • Hi

    Can I join in this year please.
    Aiming for £6500 in small instalments throughout the year on the btl mortgage. Currently sitting at £28k.
    On a mission!

    2018 & 2019 MFW #138

    On babystep2 (#DR)
  • I'd like to be included this year please. Should the target amount be the amount I want to overpay, or the mortgage balance I want to get to by the end of 2018?

    Thanks

    Escapar2020
  • anna42hmr
    anna42hmr Posts: 2,890 Forumite
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    edited 3 December 2017 at 8:50PM
    I'd like to be included this year please. Should the target amount be the amount I want to overpay, or the mortgage balance I want to get to by the end of 2018?

    Thanks

    Escapar2020

    Hi, the target that we each set in this challenge is the amount over the year that you want to overpay. So for example, I have my direct debit set just over £200 higher than it should be so that i automatically overpay each month, so i use this amount x 12 plus what i also think i may be able to afford in lump sum payments on top (which unfortunately for me i think it will just be my monthly amounts this year).

    Different people use other factors to decide what they want to set the target to (i.e pay off x amount to reach the next loan to value or x amount to take the mortgage down to the next 10k bracket, or x amount to clear it by a certain date, others set the target to tie in with the % they are allowed to over pay their mortgage in a set year - i.e some mortgages terms may only allow 10% op without penalty.

    for example, my regular overpayments are also set to enable me to (fingers crossed) pay off my mortgage within the next 10 years as opposed to the remaining 17 1/2 years left on it officially.
    MFW#105 - 2015 Overpaid £8095 / 2016 Overpaid £6983.24 / 2017 Overpaid £3583.12 / 2018 Overpaid £2583.12 / 2019 Overpaid £2583.12 / 2020 Overpaid £2583.12/ 2021 overpaid £1506.82 /2022 Overpaid £2975.28 / 2023 Overpaid £2677.30 / 2024 Overpaid £2173.61 Total OP since mortgage started in 2015 = £37,286.86 2025 MFW target £1700, payments to date at April 2025 - £1712.07..
  • Hi, please could I keep no 102 if possible? Target of £15000, a stretch but hopefully doable.
    Thanks for running the challenge again hidden.
    Twistedhazel
  • Thanks Hidden for doing this again next year :T

    Happy to have whatever number allocated to me thanks, I’m going to aim for a target of £8000
  • Hi!

    Can I keep my number from last year please, #15.

    My overpayment year runs from March to March so I can't make any overpayments in 2018 until March but I will try and pay the full years allowance in 9 months (March to Dec) which is going to be a difficult but possible achievement.

    So..... Miss Pinky, # 15 to attempt to pay £8072.30 in 2018

    Thanks, I do find it really motivating.

    Miss Pinky
    MFW #15
  • Hi HS can I have a target of £5000 for next year and if possible be number 26 again? Thanks
    Credit card £4461.15Home mortgage £137117Buy to let mortgage £83,000
  • becky170
    becky170 Posts: 879 Forumite
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    Hi Hiddenshadow,

    Thanks for running the thread again. Can i keep number 7 again? We're aiming for £4500 in 2018. Good luck everyone!
    Mortgage-free wannabe 2025 £571/3000
  • HOL82
    HOL82 Posts: 23 Forumite
    Hey, I'd love to take part this year please! No previous number. Target for 2018 is a whopping £30,000 please, got to aim high right!
    (Technically ours is for our house rebuild not overpayments this year, but we took less on the mortgage when buying the property to do it this way round to try to save on the interest and force us to do it in a year and not over the 20 year term of the mortgage so hoping you'll still let me be a part this year)

    Thanks
    HOL x
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