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2021 Mortgage-Free Wannabes
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#43 £3.74 OP today, £302.37 for August and £2866.84 for 20211
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#43 £6.98 OP today, £309.35 for August and £2873.82 for 2021
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#78 with first mega OP of Aug ... £5 (that'll show them!!)MortgageStart Nov 2012 £310,000
Oct 2022 £143,277.74
Reduction £166,722.26
OriginalEnd Sept 2034 / Current official end Apr 2032 (but I have a cunning plan...)
2022 MFW #78 £10200/£12000
MFiT-6 #28 £21,772 /£750004 -
#43 £25.20 OP today, £329.55 for August and £2899.02 for 2021
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Hi
#49 checking in to report an overpayment as follows:
August £300
Total for the year so far: £940
Thanks Julicorn
CS xMortgage at Jan 2009 (when house was purchased): £75,000. Mortgage at Jan 2017 (when I was able to start overpaying after 7 year relationship from hell ended): £60,000. Mortgage at April 2025: £16,822
2025 MFW #70: £1,974 / £4,000.
Previous Overpayments: 2024: £2,555. 2023: £2,850. 2022: £3,100. 2021: £2,540. 2020: £3,350. 2019: £1,950. 2018: £250. 2017: £500.
Mortgage freedom can’t come soon enough!2 -
#124 with another payment for august of 138.54 making a total for august of 322.62.
thanks!Mortgage free wannabe #124
Mortgage due to be cleared January 2036 / goal is 4/5/26 (40th birthday)
Starting balance £117000 November 2010
Balance as of 5/4/21(date decided I wanted to become mortgage free) £89426.62 / current balance £82000
Daily interest at January 2021 £4.76
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#133 here with Augusts OP of £60.47.
Thankyou!MFW - #133 - 2020 Challenge - £1230.67 / £1159
MFW - #133 - 2021 Challenge - £1328 / £1270
MFW #56 - 2022 Challenge - £325.35 / £1296
Mortgage began Jan 2019 - £115,900
Mortgage Currently - £105,1601 -
Good morning, #14 checking in with £2k for June, £2k for July and £2k for August. Thanks @julicorn for the updates.1
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Another £15 overpaid this morning, bringing me up to £445 for August.
Thanks for the updates. 👍🏻
(#59)
Original mortgage total: £140,000.00 (July 2015) Original mortgage end date: June 2040
Mortgage free start date: 16th October 2018 Mortgage total at this point: £132,829.12
Current mortgage total: £54,762.71 Current mortgage end date: June 2032 Daily interest: £7.59 > £2.641 -
MFW #18 checking in with £4400.00 overpayment for July - hooray!A change in circumstances meant that I couldn't overpay for a few months in case I needed to buy a car - all sorted now so another 4 months of saved overpayments added to the pot. Hooray!I'm so excited to see that mortgage owing total coming down! Thanks julicorn!2021 MFW No.18 £9900/£10,000Mortgage at 21.07.20 £178,999 Mortgage today £150,8911
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