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1% challenge 2020

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  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,920 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    £5 paid off from a Facebook sale
  • 5erge
    5erge Posts: 108 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Jan £32.65
    Feb £30.53
    Mar £50.00
    Now into the 37k range.

    £56/279
  • pavlovs_dog
    pavlovs_dog Posts: 10,227 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 5 March 2020 at 6:07AM
    chipping away!

    paid today: £30 
    paid (cumulative): £391/£642 (61%)

    remaining: £251
    know thyself
    Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,137 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Great news Nat!
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £169.8K Equity 37.1%
    2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 11/2/26 (but owed £1.4K) so £2.9K
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £34.8K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.3K) = 40.6/£127.5K target 31.8% 16/11/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 62.7K or 49.2%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5.2K updated 16/1/26
  • bigbeff
    bigbeff Posts: 1,151 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Mortgage over payment so far 2020: £532.70 
    1% Mortgage target for 2020: £690 77% achieved :)
    Debt as of 29/12/25
    Overdraft: 1465.60 327.33
    CC1: 866.75 500
    CC2: 5699.85 5199.85
    Total:8032.30 6027.18
  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,920 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    £75 paid off today 
  • Talia1
    Talia1 Posts: 169 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    £100 Jan,  £100 Feb paid and a few pence thrown in when i can 
    £215.26/£1200 paid 

    cc1 £1900/£3800 to pay by feb 25 Paid in full
    cc2 £0/£1407.00

    365 Day 1p Challenge 2025 #18 £40.00 667.95

    Saving for Christmas 2025 - £1 a day #11 £62.00/£365


  • nat21luv
    nat21luv Posts: 3,435 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Cashback Cashier
    My holiday to Venice and Rome next week has been cancelled so when I receive the refund I’ve decided I’ll pay it off my loan. It’s only £200 but it’s also a month overpayment, so a month closer to being debt free!
    2025 Mortgage start £378K 2025 Overpayment £103 Savings Challenge 2025 **MONEY MAKES ME HAPPY**
  • bricoleur
    bricoleur Posts: 19 Forumite
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    Mortgage over-payment day for me, so just paid £16.95 to the mortgage, 20.3% of the 2020 target. 
    Happy Friday everyone! 
    1% mortgage over-payment challenge 2020: target £2,020 | over-paid YTD: £410.95 (20.3% of target)
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    bricoleur said:
    Mortgage over-payment day for me, so just paid £16.95 to the mortgage, 20.3% of the 2020 target. 
    Happy Friday everyone! 
    That’s £16.95 you’ll never pay interest on again. 😁 Happy Friday!
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