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2020 Mortgage-Free Wannabes
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Hi there, hoping to join as a late entrant and supercharge my journey to mortgage freedom

Target is £24,000 total payment for the year. Have paid £6k total so far this year (£2k each month). May take it as it comes over the next few months, kept March overpayment back but then paid it on the 31st!! Looking forward to joining in
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#132 here.
April OP is £222.54. Thanks in advance Julicorn.3 -
Welcome to the challenge, great to have you on board!Young_worker said:Hi there, hoping to join as a late entrant and supercharge my journey to mortgage freedom
Target is £24,000 total payment for the year. Have paid £6k total so far this year (£2k each month). May take it as it comes over the next few months, kept March overpayment back but then paid it on the 31st!! Looking forward to joining in
You're #134.
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Hi Julicorn
Sorry for the delay. I can’t make any sense of this new forum and it’s very buggy for me. I overpaid £225 in February. Only £38 overpaid for March but £450 for April. So that brings my total to £713 😊Mortgage so far: £31,630.01Aiming to be mortgage free by 20245 -
Hi, Aprils first payment of £553.92 for me please. Trying to work out how I can make some extra cash from home! Anyone need an online maths tutor, please get in touch
Debt as of 29/12/25
Overdraft: 1465.60 1184.45
CC1: 866.75
CC2: 5699.85 5199.85
Total:8032.30 7251.055 -
Hello, £1000 for #98. Thank you!!4
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HI all,
I hope you are all staying safe and well. I know I had said I wouldn't make an OP this month, but I couldn't stop myself from rounding down to the next thousand on my mortgage balance. So, #97 with an April OP of £102.61 taking my total OP to £1101.84
Thanks
MFW Start:[STRIKE] Sep 2014 - £110,844[/STRIKE], July 2019 New Home £190,995 :eek:
Current: £82,999.69, £190,972.18, £188,091.57, £180,026.25
2021MFW #97 OP Goal £296.36/£3000
2020MFW #97 OP Goal £3104.09.09/£3000
2019MFW #109 OP Goal £1024.99/£10005 -
#31 checking in with a payment of £100 for April.Mortgage - £23,500 remaining
MFW2021 #8 - £2,519.77/£3,000
Overpayments: 2020 - £4,722.83 / 2019 - £16,042.004 -
No. 85 with final March overpayment of £1000 after finalising everything at the end of the month. Thanks
2020 MFW
#85 £9557.76 Overpaid / £7000 Target4 -
Hi All
Hope everyone is well and keeping safe.
#2 with an update £400.00 over payment for April.
Thank you Julicorn.MFWB#2
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