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Time to start my race to zero
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I was in two minds about the mortgage overpayments, having been tempted to play it safe and wait more before deciding what to do, but last month I figured that I was probably letting caution get in the way of something that would wind up happening sooner or later.
Month Investments Cash Credit Net assets Mortgage Overall debt Mar 20 90 43 27 106 414 308 Apr 20 92 44 36 100 414 314 May 20 99 48 36 111 415 304 Jun 20 107 64 45 126 416 290 Apr 21 172 62 53 182 408 226 May 21 180 56 46 190 408 218 Jun 21 171 65 54 182 407 225 Aug 23 256 65 43 278 373 95 Sep 23 254 69 46 277 372 95 Oct 24 328 92 46 374 368 -6 Feb 25 390 100 62 428 357 -71 Apr 25 365 101 75 391 340 -51 Jun 25 382 86 72 396 332 -64 Aug 25 411 90 71 430 331 -99 Sep 25 417 82 70 429 327 -102 Nov 25 453 62 66 449 299 -150
So I've lumped for the full 10% now.
I think I'm glad, at least I can't spend each month now debating what the best course of action is. It's already done and I just need to make it work.
I do need to carefully manage the credit, as a lot of it is coming due for payment next year. I'm a bit in two minds as to whether to keep it going and try to get more 0% debt, or whether to scale it back.
Currently I feel like it would be nice to ease off a bit, because the numbers seem huge and I think some of the lenders are getting a bit nervous. I'm also not sure whether I'll try to remortgage next year. In theory I can, but I expect I'd have to reduce the credit quite a bit.
At least the mortgage rates seem to be quite favourable at the moment, and there are several lenders offering rates under 4% which would suit me just fine.2
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