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Last £5000 to clear

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  • pidge04
    pidge04 Posts: 792 Forumite
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    33 days until I am loan free!
    Whoop whoop! 
    Store card £140 £117 - Store card £150 - Overdraft £200 - PayPal £364 - Loan 1 £5052 - Loan 2 £1733 - Credit card £2890 - Car hire purchase £3200 - Savings £0.
  • pidge04
    pidge04 Posts: 792 Forumite
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    25 days until I am loan free! This feels like an enormous burden lifting. 
    Store card £140 £117 - Store card £150 - Overdraft £200 - PayPal £364 - Loan 1 £5052 - Loan 2 £1733 - Credit card £2890 - Car hire purchase £3200 - Savings £0.
  • Amazing! You've done incredibly. 
    Total Debt @ LBM: £26,380.49
    • Total debt: £2,500
    • % of my debt gone forever: 90%
    Debt Free Goal Date: June 2023
    My Debt Free Diary 
  • Just read your whole diary - so inspiring and well done!!
  • Kakiste
    Kakiste Posts: 1,022 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Debt-free and Proud! Name Dropper
    Well done! :smile: June will be an ace month for you
    Bottom line; 
    £49k paid off 
    Car HP paid off
    Debt Free!
    Saved Escape fund and moved out. 

    Current focus; saving Emergency fund
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,137 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Amazing progress.
    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
  • pidge04
    pidge04 Posts: 792 Forumite
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    Thank you so much for the support! I really appreciate it. 
    Store card £140 £117 - Store card £150 - Overdraft £200 - PayPal £364 - Loan 1 £5052 - Loan 2 £1733 - Credit card £2890 - Car hire purchase £3200 - Savings £0.
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
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    how many days are you on now for the last loan payment......so excited for you x
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • enthusiasticsaver
    enthusiasticsaver Posts: 16,257 Ambassador
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    Wonderful news that the overdraft is gone and hopefully the loan will be gone next week too.  Just the credit card then.  Keep going as you are so close to getting debt free. 
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free Wannabe, Budgeting and Banking and Savings and Investment boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
    Save £12k in 2026 Challenge £12000/£2000
    365 day 1p Challenge 2026 £667.95/£110
    Click on this link for a Statement of Accounts that can be posted on the DebtFree Wannabe board: https://lemonfool.co.uk/financecalculators/soa.php
  • pidge04
    pidge04 Posts: 792 Forumite
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    Thanks so much! A week today and the loan will be paid off. So happy! 
    Store card £140 £117 - Store card £150 - Overdraft £200 - PayPal £364 - Loan 1 £5052 - Loan 2 £1733 - Credit card £2890 - Car hire purchase £3200 - Savings £0.
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