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2018 Mortgage-Free Wannabes
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Since reading these posts I have decided to overpay my mortgage by £160 a month and if I keep the payments up it will reduce my 33 year year term mortgage by 8 years! Amazing0
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[FONT="][FONT="][FONT="][FONT="][FONT="]Making Total so far £2552.38[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT="][FONT="][FONT="][FONT="][FONT="]
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[FONT="][FONT="][FONT="][FONT="][FONT="]Thanks Hiddenshadow[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/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 27.10.190 -
Since reading these posts I have decided to overpay my mortgage by £160 a month and if I keep the payments up it will reduce my 33 year year term mortgage by 8 years! Amazing
Fantastic Rochie- the calculators really show what a difference you can make!
Are you going to sign up to this challenge with a pledged total
For 2018?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!!!!!!0 -
#22 with a February update
Built in OP of £410.03 + £200 to give a total of £610.03, or 18.5% of target.know thyselfNid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...0 -
2018 MFW #138
£350 payment today
£400 & £350 for Feb
Total to date £1350/£6500On a mission!
2018 & 2019 MFW #138
On babystep2 (#DR)0 -
#160
tester payment of 5.68 followed by a decent £4770.
total for Feb (and YTD) therefore £4775.680 -
#163 reporting a further OP of £80.00 this month
£505.23 total for the month.0 -
Howdy,
No. 171 reporting an additional OP for February of £12.27.
Total for Feb £1276.30.
Thank you.Neither a borrower or lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend.0 -
No 82 with my last overpayment of £6020.44, thats my mortgage paid off now 13 years early
Thanks for the encouragement along the way and good luck everyone!
MFW 2014 #82 £2000 / £2000 MFW 2015 #82 £1200 / £1000
MFW 2016 #82 £1200 / £1000 MFW 2017 #82 £2350 / £20000 -
girl_afraid wrote: »No 82 with my last overpayment of £6020.44, thats my mortgage paid off now 13 years early
Thanks for the encouragement along the way and good luck everyone!
well done bet thats a great feeling!!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..0
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