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  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,650 Forumite
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    I've just been screened out of a survey for not having missed a credit card payment in the last 12 months. You'd think that was a good thing 😮!
     :D 
    2025 decluttering: 5,658 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟
    2025 use up challenge: 540🥉🥈🥇💎🏆 👑
    Big kitchen declutter challenge 146/150
    2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 500
  • LeighofMar
    LeighofMar Posts: 672 Forumite
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    Congratulations on the job. That's wonderful news. I hope you enjoy the work and your new environment.  
    Mortgage start date Dec 2015 - $64,655.00
    Mortgage end date Dec 2045 - NOT!!!!
    Mortgage balance  - $4600.00
    Business Savings $43,310/100k
    Hope to be mortgage-free by end of 2023 
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,163 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Thank you x
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,471 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Fantastic new SC well done and good luck 🙂
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • Great news SC... 
    Mortgage restart June 2018 £119950Re mortgage August 19 £110470, … Mortgage November 22 £85600 final 0% CC 3300Home renovations - £65000, mid 2018 - mid 2022
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,163 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Thanks both 😃
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,522 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Congrats on the new job, SC!! 😀
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000. Mortgage Free November 2025!
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