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  • powerspowers
    powerspowers Posts: 1,371 Forumite
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    #76 with £20 please Julicorn 
    MFW 2021 #76 £5,145
    MFW 2022 #27 £5,300 
    MFW 2023 #27 £2,000
    MFW 2024 #27 £6,055
    MFW 2025 #27 £3,600/£5,000


  • jennystarpepper
    jennystarpepper Posts: 826 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    #16     Payment of £50.27

    many thanks julicorn
    MFW - 01.10.21 £63761   01.10.22 £50962   01.10.23 £39979   01.10.24 £27815. 01.01.25. £17538
    01.03.25 £14794.    01.04.25 £12888
    01.05.25. £11805. 12.05.25  £9997   05.06.25  £8898. 
     01.07.25. £7975  01.08.25 £6968 01.09.25 £5956. 01.10.25 £4979
    01.12.25 £2899

  • Lee-10
    Lee-10 Posts: 56 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Afternoon,

    #93 with another £50 OP for Sept, Sept total now £125

    Thank You
    MFW2021 #93 - £330/£2200
  • eat_that_frog
    eat_that_frog Posts: 269 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    edited 15 September 2021 at 4:52PM
    #84 with an OP of £2000 for September, thanks very much Julicorn
    Mortgage free as of March '25!
    £240,000 paid off in 4 years, 8 months and 18 days (July '20-Mar '25)
    Mortgage paid off 19 years early.

    2026 MFW #8

    2026 Goals

    Save £6k for future house redecorating - £0/£6k
    Lose 12lbs - 0lbs/12lbs lost so far
    Decluttering - declutter 250 items from house and outbuildings - 0/250 items
  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Barny1979 said:
    #43 £12.00 OP today, £122.51 for September  and £3274.14 for 2021
    #43 £1.53 OP today, £124.04 for September  and £3275.67 for 2021
  • Simplycynical
    Simplycynical Posts: 856 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    #18 checking in with an overpayment of £1100 for September.  Back on track and enjoying seeing the mortgage coming down.  Thanks Julicorn :)
    2021 MFW No.18  £9900/£10,000
    Mortgage at 21.07.20 £178,999   Mortgage today £150,891
  • LadyGnome
    LadyGnome Posts: 801 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    #78 with first OP of Sept
    £10

    Thanks Julicorn and well done everyone for the progress so far
    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 /£75000
  • Lee-10
    Lee-10 Posts: 56 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    #93 With an extra overpayment of £50 for this month, September total £125.

    Thank You
    MFW2021 #93 - £330/£2200
  • julicorn
    julicorn Posts: 2,662 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Lee-10 said:
    #93 With an extra overpayment of £50 for this month, September total £125.

    Thank You
    Hi, I had you on £125 already for this month. Could you let me know if the £50 is in addition to that, so £175 total?
  • CrowdieSaver
    CrowdieSaver Posts: 109 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Academoney Grad Combo Breaker
    Hi

    #49 checking in to report an overpayment as follows:
    September £300
    Total for the year so far: £1,240
    Thanks Julicorn
    CS x
    Mortgage 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!
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