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2020 Mortgage-Free Wannabes
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£6.25 overpayment from Quidco made4
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#61 adding another £500 for July bring July total to 1094.11.
last big monthly payment got 0% card to pay in August and hubs wages will stop soon so will need to save. Still delighted with achievement this year.
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That is absolutely fantastic, congratulations!Bake-a-Cake said:# 46 here. It`s been a while since I updated, but through some sad and hard times these past months I have now paid off the balance to our mortgage. So update £4990+ paid off.
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Congratulations on being mortgage free Bake-a-cake!
Sorry things have been tough over the last few months. Take care.Mortgage free as of 12/08/20!
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#93 checking in.
I hadn't intended on overpaying quite so early on in the month but I've just kick-started August with a £200 overpayment to take my mortgage under £120k!
Original mortgage total: £140,000.00 (July 2015) Original mortgage end date: June 2040
Mortgage free start date: 16th October 2018 Mortgage total at this point: £132,829.12
Current mortgage total: £54,762.71 Current mortgage end date: June 2032 Daily interest: £7.59 > £2.644 -
No 70 reporting an OP of £250 for August, thanks julicorn.
MFW 2026 No. 7 £400/£5000
MFiT-T7 No. 6 £5515.91/£30,0003 -
#56 here. Struggling with the new forum layout and finding the first page etc.I have been really slack at updating so I must firstly apologise.Good news though I am remortgaging from Oct and will save around £300 a month by doing so. So this will all go into my payment pot.It also means that the mortgage pot I’m paying towards will change as we are changing from 3.89% to 1.36% and my highest rate will be 1.99%Anyway enough waffle.May: 863.21
June: 838.21July: 879.81
August: 838.21
(we have £838.21 as our transfer towards our annual overpayment limit and make a large transfer annually at the start of our mortgage year - we will increase this as our mortgage payment reduces!)Mortgages Oct 2020: £308,283 Jul 2021 £286,600 October 2022 £253,456 MFW-22 #9 MFIT-T6 #354 -
No 45 checking in with a whooper overpayment of £2148.37 for July. The pennies took us under the £10,000
Yes, I'm one of those who stands at the petrol pump to try to round up to a x.00 as well.Thanks julicornElmoR x5 -
August check in #69
OP £1020.98 today
Total OP so far this year £7035.24
Thanks Julicorn for doing such a fab job with this thread - it's really motivating MFW #69 Mortgage remaining Jan 2021 £221,644; Jan OP £1000;3 -
hello. #21 here reporting £1000 for August. Thanks,
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