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beanielou Posts: 96,969 Ambassador

11 October at 7:51PM

Woo hoo. That’s so amazing. 🤩

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Jessy103 Posts: 2,447 Forumite

11 October at 8:19PM

Thanks Beanie! I'm super happy but eager to get it down even more! x

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greent Posts: 10,869 Forumite

11 October at 8:35PM

Whoop!! To that mortgage balance - we'll done!! 🙌🙌🥳🥳

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daisy_1571 Posts: 2,380 Forumite

11 October at 8:36PM

yaaaay, well done

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CrazyBee787 Posts: 1,327 Forumite

12 October at 4:23AM

Wowser you have done such a good job of getting the mortgage down, now below 10K that is excellent going!

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themadvix Posts: 9,158 Forumite

12 October at 6:35AM

Whoop! Well done Jessy! It’ll be gone in no time!

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South_coast Posts: 6,081 Forumite

12 October at 8:18AM

FOUR FIGURES 🥳🥳🥳!!!

Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
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Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,715 Forumite

12 October at 8:46AM

Brilliant! ⭐⭐

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SuperSecretSquirrel Posts: 1,064 Forumite

12 October at 9:11AM

Sub-10k! Awesome! 😎

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Mrs_Money_Penny Posts: 1,329 Forumite

12 October at 10:47AM

Congratulations 🎉

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