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Hi,
#5
Just catching up with the finance spreadsheet and have moved £300 OP over to the mortgage.
Julicorn, please can you add this to the spreadsheet.
Thanks, as always,
MIB xMFW2020 #5 £2,000/2,000 MFW2021 #5 £1,850/3,500MFW2022 #5 £3.001/3,000Sep'12 £233,750 Jan'15 £222,329 Dec’21 £139,584 MFiT T4 #24 £48k/£34k MFiT T5 #24 £22,186/£41k MFiT T6 #24 £4,700/£29k2 -
Thank you Julicornjulicorn said:
Fantastic, thank you. You're our #136 nowSistergold said:Thank you.My target overpayment for this year is £2500
Initial mortgage bal £487.5k, current £258k, target £243,750(halfway!)
Mortgage start date first week of July 2019,
Mortgage term 23yrs(end of June 2042🙇🏽♀️),Target is to pay it off in 10years(by 2030🥳).MFW#10 (2022/23 mfw#34)(2021 mfw#47)(2020 mfw#136)
£12K in 2021 #54 (in 2020 #148)
MFiT-T6#27
To save £100K in 48months start 01/07/2020 Achieved 30/05/2023 👯♀️
Am a single mom of 4.Do not wait to buy a property, Buy a property and wait. 🤓2 -
Miss Pinky here again. (number 15)
I have had a refund from one of our holidays so put that straight to the mortgage as an overpayment so another £1000 towards my total, this is a TOTAL of £1500
Thanks Julicorn!
Miss Pinky xxxMFW #152 -
Many thanks Juicorn!
So my extra £5 arrived in the mortgage account after 2 days! So as of next month, myself and DH will finally be to overpay. January next year will be far larger sums.
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Hi all
#60 here with an overpayment of £420.06 for April.
Thanks!
LWas MFW#60 - mortgage paid off December 20212 -
Hello,
number 54 reporting in after being AWOL all year.
Jan: £550
Feb: £550
Mar: £550
Apr: £15050 As a result of a glut of banks dropping their interest by far, far more than the reduction of the base rate, decided to have a clear out
year total so far: £167002 -
Morning.Stuck another £10 on to the mortgage yesterday. Just wanted cheering up again and have saved money on not drinking alcohol since lockdown. Brings total up to £61.58 for April.
Thanks so much Julicorn.
Bb #82Jan 2019: £211,500
September 2020: £197,600
Target: mortgage free by 20322 -
Thank you for the update, and congratulations on reaching your goal as well! Let me know if you want it increased.weenemo said:Hello,
number 54 reporting in after being AWOL all year.
Jan: £550
Feb: £550
Mar: £550
Apr: £15050 As a result of a glut of banks dropping their interest by far, far more than the reduction of the base rate, decided to have a clear out
year total so far: £167002 -
No your right I can't do it - annoyed that Spanish bank has a minimum £10 charge though (but my free cashback from Spanishbank has hit) and that along with my PiggyBank change from Monzo would allow me to get it down to a 00 (however a number ending nnn,n50.00 looked better than a nnn,n60.00 so now need to find an extra free £5 and a few pence to make it up) but lesson learnt always end in 0.00 as it definitely makes me feel better (I was so excited the other day when I managed to get all my pots and current account in Monzo to all end in 0s)Suffolk_lass said:
I'm afraid I would have to add 61p or buy chocolate with £9.39, or round the total in my mortgage account to a round £(nn)n,nn0.00scottishlass said:#20 so decided free money (Prolific and Spanish Bank Cash back) will go in mortgage account - even if not having a 0 at the end makes me feel very uneasy. So on top of the £67.17 already paid for April I have an extra £22.22 bring total for April to £89.39
So thats another 27.78 for April
@julicorn bringing total to £117.17 (thank you)2020 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #20 £1495.03/£2760 OP3 -
How very tidy we all are! - I always end on a 00 unless I can end on a straight run for a laugh.
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