Just started mortgage and hence mortgage free journey

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My mortgage was issued on Thursday. First payment will be £520.77, assuming information on the app is correct, regular payment £498.47 for next 5 years. Regular mortgage payments obviously set up as a direct debit. Have just set up the mortgage company as a payee using instructions on their website and made a token £10 payment to check has been set up right. Had a quick look at the overpayment calculator and just £10 a week will take 2 years off my mortgage. Aiming to have this mortgage as short a time as possible :-)
Paid off the last of my unsecured debts in 2016. Then saved up and bought a property. Current aim is to pay off my mortgage as early as possible. Currently over paying every month. Mortgage due to be paid off in 2036 hoping to get it paid off much earlier. Set up my own bespoke spreadsheet to manage my money.
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MFW start: April 2018, £201,800
Mortgage neutral: September 2022, mortgage redeemed: December 2022
New house, new mortgage: December 2022, £276,007
Current balance: £223,500
Mortgage balance November 2017: £97583
Mortgage balance November 2018: £90952.08
Mortgage balance December 2018: £90470.65
Mortgage balance June 2020: £79561.39
Mortgage balance October 2020: £77686.25
Good luck!
Hope you are enjoying your new home!
It's really easy to fall in to the trap of thinking small OP's won't make much of a difference to your mortgage but a few pounds here and there soon add up, some don't get disheartened if there's some month when you can't OP as much as you would like to
Current Balance (15th February 2019): £209,278.85 :eek:
Target: Balance below £170,000.00 by August 2023
Same term time as mine when I took out my mortgage, but you have a huge head start, as it was roughly 2 1/2 years before I started my addiction
Good Luck, you sound as if you have a plan, good start
Fashion on a ration... 0/66
Target weigh loss 2/14lbs
Money saved on food budget by being frugal in 2021... 100