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  • cod3
    cod3 Posts: 805 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Combo Breaker
    #53

    My August overpayment was £361.95

    Year to date = £5,044.37  Target reached woop woop!  :):):)

    Thank you @julicorn This thread has been great for keeping me on track.  Hoping to clear the mortgage next year.

  • Hi #20 here. How are we in September?

    my DD has been taken incorporating my overpayment of £980.24

    mortgage balance is now just under 283k until the interest adds on for the month 
    Mortgages Oct 2020: £308,283 Jul 2021 £286,600 October 2022 £253,456 MFW-22 #9 MFIT-T6 #35
  • Nichelette
    Nichelette Posts: 2,148 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Hi, no.86 here. Can you please add £362 as my August figure. I've started saving £200 a month as a long term thing so I won't be reducing the mortgage by quite so much, but hopefully in the long run it will be worthwhile!
    Finally bought a home
    Starting mortgage £289,500 31.01.19 - Current outstanding £189,497.12
    Overpayments since 27.03.19: £53,964.80
    Moving fund so far £2500 - Premium bonds £9,500
  • kitjos
    kitjos Posts: 223 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hello, #126 with an OP of £44 for Sept  o:)

    Thanks Julicorn xx
    "Don't underestimate the value of financial security"


    Wanting to be mortgage free by 45. £155,000 start / £86,880 currently

  • Porridgecat no 95 registering a overpayment of £1062.75 for September. The mortgage now stands at £16009.37 - obviously I'm looking as I type for an extra £9.38 to throw at it to make it sub £16 000.
    Mortgage Free 23 December 2020
    Savings £9671 / £20 000 goal
    Emergency Fund £216 / £1000 goal
  • Morning! #130 here with £180 OP for September.  Thanks @julicorn
  • Hi all

    #3 popping by with my September overpayment of £1,642 which takes me up to £24,148 overpaid for 2021 so far.

    Only £17,500 left to pay off my mortgage now and then I’ll be totally debt free! 

    Thanks for all your work Julicorn xx
    MFW
    1 Nov 2020 @ 
    £42,204 to go in 34 months! (£1,241 a month)
    1 September 2021 £17,500 to go in 24 months (£729 a month)
    MFW 2021 #3 - £24,148/ £17,500 🙌


  • #41 Sept regular OP of £137.14 and added 11.97 to tidy up the figures 
    Sept total=£149.11
    Thanks Julicorn
  • #75 checking in with £500 for September. Will be continuing with this on a monthly basis but October update might be delayed as my baby is due in a couple of weeks  :)

    thanks julicorn 
    December 2021 - £151,250
    December 2020 - £167,500
    December 2019 - £211,500
    March 2019 - £218,000 moved house
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