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£70k - 2 years and counting - NOW PAID 08/04/22!!!!!

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  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,234
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    Just caught up to find your MFW journey almost done. Congratulations on putting yourselves in that position.
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £165K Equity 38.88% 6/9/26
    2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 29/8/26 (but owed £130) so £1.6K
    3) 47/82K @29/8/26 = 57.31% AVC Goal by mid 2028
  • MrsLovely
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    savingholmes said:
    Just caught up to find your MFW journey almost done. Congratulations on putting yourselves in that position.
    Thanks saving Holmes. Almost there!
    Dec 2010=£160k.
    Mortgage free date 9th Apr 22 😎
    E fund - £10,005/£20,000
  • L9XSS
    L9XSS Posts: 438
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    MrsLovely said:
    savingholmes said:
    Just caught up to find your MFW journey almost done. Congratulations on putting yourselves in that position.
    Thanks saving Holmes. Almost there!
    Very very close now! Best of luck with 2022 and again well done for what your (very near) to achieving! Please let us know when the day arrives,
  • AgathaSquirrel
    AgathaSquirrel Posts: 438
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    So exciting. Well done!
    2017 - mortgage of £140,000 and interest rate of £10 a day
    Feb 2021 £103000
    November 2021 £93000
    December 2022 £79000
    December 2023 £73000
    March 2024 £70000
    May 2024 £68000
    October 2024 £65000
    February 2025 £63000
    March 2025 £45000, interest of £6.07 per day
    November 2025 £41000, interest of £5.62 per day
    March 2026 £38000, interest of £5.22 per day
    July 2026 mortgage of £34,000 and interest of £4.97 per day
  • MrsLovely
    MrsLovely Posts: 104
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    L9XSS said:
    MrsLovely said:
    savingholmes said:
    Just caught up to find your MFW journey almost done. Congratulations on putting yourselves in that position.
    Thanks saving Holmes. Almost there!
    Very very close now! Best of luck with 2022 and again well done for what your (very near) to achieving! Please let us know when the day arrives,
    Will certainly let you all know and will be shouting from the rooftops, albeit on here of course!! 
    Dec 2010=£160k.
    Mortgage free date 9th Apr 22 😎
    E fund - £10,005/£20,000
  • caeler
    caeler Posts: 2,638
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    Only one more payment to go! 
  • jennystarpepper
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    How 'lovely'  - congratulations, really pleased for you.

    Glad you are getting away from a toxic work place, working with an awful set of people set me on the path of being a MFW.


    MFW - 01.10.21 £63761   01.10.22 £50962   01.10.23 £39979   01.10.24 £27815. 01.01.25. £17538
    01.03.25 £14794.    01.04.25 £12888
    01.05.25. £11805. 12.05.25  £9997   05.06.25  £8898. 
     01.07.25. £7975  01.08.25 £6968 01.09.25 £5956. 01.10.25 £4979
    01.12.25 £2899 21.01.26 £0

  • MrsLovely
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    jennystarpepper said:
    How 'lovely'  - congratulations, really pleased for you.

    Glad you are getting away from a toxic work place, working with an awful set of people set me on the path of being a MFW.


    Hi jennystarpepper (great name!), I've been so lucky until now to work for great people.  Sorry you had a toxic workplace, but as you say.....as a result, you'll be mortgage free! X
    Dec 2010=£160k.
    Mortgage free date 9th Apr 22 😎
    E fund - £10,005/£20,000
  • Mrs_Money_Penny
    Mrs_Money_Penny Posts: 1,400
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    Congratulations xx
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