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That is really interesting way to look at it. Congratulations on sort of being mortgage free!3
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I daren't look at ours - we borrowed just under £215 so we're probably destined to pay back about £300k! 😮😮 Not that we will, of course 😁4
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It'll be so interesting to see how much you will save in your interest. When do you think you will pay it off?4
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It's nice to find someone else who can't get away with the new mode of information these days. Everything seems to be in vlog and podcast form, I want pages to read! Probably why I spend so many hours reading this siteSouth_coast said:Plus, I tried watching another video last night (I'm definitely settled now that I'm a reader, not a watcher)
MFW -
House purchase £62500
Original mortgage balance 28/08/2014 £52850Original MF date: 2049:eek: Aiming for: 2025
Balance 27/07/2016 £49990
Balance 08/07/2017 £47999
Balance 30/07/2018 £44500
Balance 01/08/2019 £40700
Balance 03/09/2020 £37619
Balance 30/09/2021 £33983
Balance 18/01/2023 £28940
Balance 06/10/2024 £22168
Balance 08/10/2025 £18417
Mortgage free 09/10/2025!! Mortgage paid off in 11 years, 1 month, 11 days 🥳
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Morning all 😀! Sorry I didn't see your messages yesterday, I dived into some wine to celebrate the weekend and then fell asleep on the sofa 🤦♀️! No idea why really, as work is good, just habit I suppose. Much better than old job, when I had a long period of returning home on a Friday from working/meetings 2+ hours away and would speed-drink vodka and then spend the evening staring into space. And BF fell asleep first last night - if he'd been better company I would probably have stayed awake 🤣!
I think the final payoff will be around August, KP - watch this space!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!!!8 -
YouGov have just asked me who I think would win a fight between King Kong and Godzilla - and they're usually the sensible ones 🤦♀️!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!!!6 -
Aaahhh, it's a film....just seen it advertised!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!!!1 -
Ahhhhhhhh! That's so exciting!South_coast said:
I think the final payoff will be around August, KP - watch this space!4 -
I reckon King Kong...South_coast said:YouGov have just asked me who I think would win a fight between King Kong and Godzilla - and they're usually the sensible ones 🤦♀️!DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)3 -
I went for King Kong too 😀 More brute force I thoughtMortgage 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!!!3
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