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Hi all
#60 checking in with our March overpayment - £1024. As well as a council tax free month, we had some refunds for gigs that can no longer go ahead and therefore a couple of hotel bookings too. Hopefully that is the last of the cancellations due to COVID-19 for us.
Thanks
LWas MFW#60 - mortgage paid off December 20211 -
#59 - Overpaid by another £210 this morning, totalling £645 so far for March now. Thanks for the updates as always. 😊👍🏻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 -
Of course, welcome to the challenge!anxiousnow said:Please can I join in? New here and my target is to overpay £7,500 in 2021 with a view to being MF by 50 rather than 60+!
Great to have you on board. You've got #120. 1 -
Does anyone else look forward to payday just to make an overpayment?!01.05.2019 - Re-Mortgage - £142,000 :eek::eek::eek: Total overpaid to date: £15,584.33.
MFW #52 £9000/£120003 -
Yes, but I make OP's most days from anything I earn as extra, or just chucking spare pennies at it.fruitloop04 said:Does anyone else look forward to payday just to make an overpayment?!
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 £28992 -
Me too! I do a lot of surveys and anything from that goes towards the mortgage!jennystarpepper said:
Yes, but I make OP's most days from anything I earn as extra, or just chucking spare pennies at it.fruitloop04 said:Does anyone else look forward to payday just to make an overpayment?!
01.05.2019 - Re-Mortgage - £142,000 :eek::eek::eek: Total overpaid to date: £15,584.33.
MFW #52 £9000/£120001 -
fruitloop04 said:
Me too! I do a lot of surveys and anything from that goes towards the mortgage!jennystarpepper said:
Yes, but I make OP's most days from anything I earn as extra, or just chucking spare pennies at it.fruitloop04 said:Does anyone else look forward to payday just to make an overpayment?!
It is addictive, I've never had a hobby before, lol.fruitloop04 said:
Me too! I do a lot of surveys and anything from that goes towards the mortgage!jennystarpepper said:
Yes, but I make OP's most days from anything I earn as extra, or just chucking spare pennies at it.fruitloop04 said:Does anyone else look forward to payday just to make an overpayment?!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 £28990 -
#41 just shaved another £45 OP off- £35 from the girls football raffle + £10 cashback. March total £235.04Thanks julicorn1
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Favourite day of the month! I overpay weekly usually but on payday it's all the money juggling and seeing how much extra I can overpay by that excites me! 😂fruitloop04 said:Does anyone else look forward to payday just to make an overpayment?!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 > £2.640 -
#115 with a £500 overpayment for March
it feels great to be actually moving forward
thanks Current mortgage - £12000
aim to pay £6000 this year (mfw #20)
£3000/£60001
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