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  • julicorn
    julicorn Posts: 2,665 Forumite
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    #148 reporting an overpayment of £600 please. thanks x
    Hi there, thank you for your update. Just to check, is this in addition to the £600 you posted about earlier this month (so £1,200 total for August)?
  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    edited 28 August 2020 at 10:20AM
    #43 £10 paid off from a refund. £1778.10
  • anna42hmr
    anna42hmr Posts: 2,898 Forumite
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    edited 28 August 2020 at 10:24AM
    Hi,  number 105 here, been mia for a while but thankfully have been able to continue with my normal monthly OP's.  Please can you put me down for £215.26 for each of the last four months i have not reported them (May, June, July and August).

    This takes me to year to date total of £1,722.08 and a very pleasingly have now OP'd £25K since i started the mortgage overall since 2015

    well done everyone on the op's so far

    x
    MFW#105 - 2015 Overpaid £8095 / 2016 Overpaid £6983.24 / 2017 Overpaid £3583.12 / 2018 Overpaid £2583.12 / 2019 Overpaid £2583.12 / 2020 Overpaid £2583.12/ 2021 overpaid £1506.82 /2022 Overpaid £2975.28 / 2023 Overpaid £2677.30 / 2024 Overpaid £2173.61 Total OP since mortgage started in 2015 = £37,286.86 2025 MFW target £1700, payments to date at April 2025 - £1712.07..
  • Hi Juliecorn
    In a final push I managed to OP another £300 this month (a total of £3731.32 for August) 
    Thanks again for hosting this, it totally motivates me! x
    Small OPs are better than no OPs
    Start date - Feb 2018 £231,000 / Apr 2042
    July 2025 £116,950 / Dec 2025
    MFW #60…. Back in for 2025!
  • Hettyhound
    Hettyhound Posts: 1,136 Forumite
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    Hi Julicorn,  number 90 here.  I’ve just made an overpayment of £300 taking August to a total of £890!  Slight cheat really as we have been paid early due to bank holiday Monday but it will save me a few pennies at the bank 😁
    SPC #023 SPC 12: £125.86[/COLOUR]:SPC 13: £214.98: SPC 14: £297.41 SPC 15: £237.27 SPC 16 £335.39; SPC 17 £662.09 SPC 18 £660.03[ SPC 19 ?COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]MFW #21 Mortgage start Dec 2015 £79,950; Dec 2025 £16,453[/COLOR] 2025 OP £2991/COLOR]/£2,000 MFiT T6 #3 £19070/£25,500 (72.82%%) MFiT T7 #3 £5477/£21,930 (24.97%)
  • julicorn
    julicorn Posts: 2,665 Forumite
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    Hi Julicorn,  number 90 here.  I’ve just made an overpayment of £300 taking August to a total of £890!  Slight cheat really as we have been paid early due to bank holiday Monday but it will save me a few pennies at the bank 😁
    Looks like you've hit your target, congratulations! Would you like me to leave it as is or increase it for the next few months? :)
  • MFW # 154 checking in a trifle early with Sept OP of £273.00
    Last month's OP meant the mortgage provider reduced my monthly amount (which I didn't want) so I've now had to create a fixed monthly OP to take my payment back to what it is! Not sure if I should be counting that as an additional OP or not.  :s
  • bigbeff
    bigbeff Posts: 1,128 Forumite
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    Another £50.07 for me today, taking me to 599.39 for this month :) Not as much as I would like, but every little helps!
    Debt as of 29/12/25
    Overdraft: 1465.60 1184.45
    CC1: 866.75
    CC2: 5699.85
    Total:8032.30 7751.05
  • Hi all, no 134 here with a payment of £7k in August (the £2k normal one plus used £5k savings which were earning less than the mortgage rate). This has definitely got me motivated :) Thanks Julicorn
  • f0xh0les
    f0xh0les Posts: 7,767 Forumite
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    Last month's OP meant the mortgage provider reduced my monthly amount (which I didn't want) so I've now had to create a fixed monthly OP to take my payment back to what it is! Not sure if I should be counting that as an additional OP or not.  :s
    Absolutely count that as an additional o/p!  I would. They want you as a customer for as long as possible, you are shortening your time with them by o/p-ing and having to create a new fixed monthly o/p.   Well done on noticing their cunning ploy to keep you with them.  Just make sure it does not take you over any 10% o/p limits, or whatever your product has.
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