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Cutting it Fine - the challenge is on!

SandyShores · 2020-11-14 19:25:51

Now debt-free and been able to get on the ladder again in our 50's. Exciting but scary and I'm keen to get on and see the back of this mortgage which is about £310k. Scary but good to be in our own home again. Feels like we're cutting it fine to be mortgage free by retirement - but hey, I never thought I'd be debt free in…

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SandyShores Posts: 1,994 Forumite

1 January 2023 at 10:00PM

Thanks savingholmes, I feel ready to firmly take the steps I need now to mortgage freedom. So I'm going to take a leaf out of your book and set up another new discussion for 2023.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6414326/follow-the-yellow-brick-road-2023/p1?new=1

Will be interesting to see where I am in 365 days

"Think of many things, do one"
Mortgage 30 Sep'25 est. £208,500 £309,749 2020 (current ends 2038)
Seven Goals; 12.5lbs lost in 4 months (5.5lbs to go); walk/run/exercising/weights/yoga

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