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#59 - Checking in with another £190, taking me to £760 for January. Feeling confident of hitting my goal of £10k for the year. 🙌🏻
Thanks for updating! 😊
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 -
Hi julicorn, #111 checking in for my January OP of £1500. Finally got organised and set up overpayments online without having to ring the mortgage firm which is going to make this all a lot easier!
MFW start date 30/12/20 with mortgage of £133,492, final payment due October 2038Current mortgage outstanding £116,597.49, final payment due October 2036Target final payment date: December 20301 -
Hi Julicorn,
#15 checking in with another OP for Jan of £973.96 to make a total for Jan of £1223.96. Thanks for updating- 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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Happy weekend everyone
No.86 here with my first overpayment of £300 for the year. It's only a token at the moment but I'll up them in subsequent months.Finally bought a homeStarting mortgage £289,500 31.01.19 - Current outstanding £189,497.12Overpayments since 27.03.19: £53,964.80Moving fund so far £2500 - Premium bonds £9,5001 -
#24 here with a further £500 paid off the mortgage. That’s a fairly respectable total of £1,500 for January.
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#4 reporting an additional £120, making £170 for January
Thanks julicorn 👍🏻🙂Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the endQuidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur1 -
Hi juliecorn, checking in with a January reduction of £2884, thanks 🙂MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁1
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#78 reporting another £257 op taking Jan total to £307
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 /£750001 -
We've passed £60k for January already, what a great start to the year!
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#59 - Sneaking in a final £30 overpayment for January, bringing my January total to £790.
Thanks for updating. 👍🏻
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
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