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2018 Mortgage-Free Wannabes
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#122 reporting in with a total for February of £542.19.MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......0
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#154 checking in with a February total of £425.45
Likely to be a bit of a go slow for a little while now as savings opportunities are a bit lumpy
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Do you have room for a late-comer please? I've not been on this thread in previous years but have been op-ing my mortgage. Total left to pay is £11,151.71, not counting interest of around £40 a month.
Aiming to OP £3,000 by the end of 2018, i.e. £300 a month on average. My income varies a bit but we have a big holiday coming up in September and there's that little thing called Christmas too (though I still managed about £300 extra in December last year)... anyway I am saying my repayments will not be steady!I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)
Fashion on the Ration 2025: Fabric 2, men's socks 3, Duvet 7.5, 2 t-shirts 10, men's socks 3, uniform top 0, hat 0, shoes 5 = 30.5/68
2024: Trainers 5, dress 7, slippers 5, 2 prs socks (gift) 2, 3 prs white socks 3, t-shirts x 2 10, 6 prs socks: mostly gifts 6, duvet set 7.5 = 45.5/68 coupons
20.5 coupons used in 2020. 62.5 used in 2021. 94.5 remaining as of 21/3/220 -
Brrrr. Chilly isn't it?
A cold number 39 here reporting a total February OP of £545.29.MFW Challenge 2019 - £2,420 / £2,420 - 100% :T0 -
#163 reporting a further OP of £345.00 this month
£345.00 total for the month.0 -
Hi all,
Number 20 reporting my total for February as now £260.14
That makes a total of £677.56
Seeing some fab numbers on here- well done MFWers 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 -
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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!
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selloptape wrote: »Soooo late to the party as always! Please can I join for 2018 with a target of £3k?
Last year I was rubbish at updating but did overpay £5k. I promise to be less rubbish this year!
Plus massive thanks to hiddenshadow for looking after the thread fur another year.
Welcome! You're back again as #49.0 -
mortgagefreeplease wrote: »Hiya, Can I join this please? Would love to pay off my mortgage in 10 years which would need overpayments totalling £9600 for 2018. Since it's nearly March and I haven't overpaid anything yet though and no idea how I'm going to get that much extra a month, I think £3000 is actually doable so can that be added as my target please?....and fingers crossed I'll smash it!!
Welcome! You're #29. 0
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