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#115 £500 overpayment done today and it actually feels great to be making some positive steps forward 😻Current mortgage - £12000
aim to pay £6000 this year (mfw #20)
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Hi Julicorn, #55 please can I record my first OP of 2021, £1000 for January.Aiming to early retire August 31st 2026.1
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#104 reporting
Pay day today so £125.98 overpayment sent to the mortgage totalling my January amount to £200 as planned. Here is to February! Debt Remaining: £8,781.53
3 Month EF: £1,000/£4,494
2025 MFW Challenge #9: £999.00/£4,0001 -
#41 Last overpayment of the month £20 (£11.27 surveys, £7.14 end of month bank balance, £1.59 round up from Feb wages)
Jan final total = £ 257.39
Thank you julicorn 🙂1 -
#26 just made another op of £100 for January to bring it down to a nice even £68,000 I will probably not be making anymore significant op’s until the 2nd half of the yer as I need to save for loft conversion now xMortgage started August 2020 £69,700
Mortgage ends Aug 2050 MFW: Aug 2027
Current Balance: £58,678
MFW2020 #156 £723.13
MFW2021 #26 £1184.71
MFW2022 #11 £197.87
MFW2023 £785
MFW 2024 £528.15Determined to make it!1 -
#16 New total £601.08, please.
Thanks julicornMFW - 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
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#37 with some small bits of cashback and Prolific payouts added over the last few days. Total OP so far for Jan £179.72
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#15 checking in with another OP of £100, making £250 for the month so far. I'll be back next week with the final OP for the month. Thanks
- Original mortgage end date: March 2041
- Current mortgage end date: Dec 2032
- MFW 2025 #15 £2878.00/ £2,400 /// MFW 2024 #15 £1,608.85/ £2500 /// MFW 2023 #15 £8,617.84/ £10,000 /// 2022 #15 £7,315.24/ £7250 /// MFW 2021 #15 £8,530.07/ £8500
- Daily interest is currently £4.48
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#8 checking in with an OP of £200. Total for January = £319.57. Thanks!Mortgage - £23,500 remaining
MFW2021 #8 - £2,519.77/£3,000
Overpayments: 2020 - £4,722.83 / 2019 - £16,042.001
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