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  • powerspowers
    powerspowers Posts: 1,371 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 16 March 2021 at 2:58PM
    #76 first overpayment thIs year! £50 in March 😃
    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


  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,471 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Hi, can I put down £2946 for Feb please, thanks juliecorn 😊 mfw 67 
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • AntoMac
    AntoMac Posts: 2,997 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    #66 with a further overpayment of £100, taking total for March to £310.
    Thanks Juliecorn
    27/5/17 Mort 64705 BTs 1904031/12/17 Mort 59815 BT 1673007/04/20 Mort 49208 BT 1572128/07/20 Mort 47387 BT 1263414/11/20 Mort 45905 BT 10134 20/05/21 Mort 42335 BT 686811/08/22 Mort 32050 BT 2915Sealed Pot Challenge 16 Number 5
  • family355
    family355 Posts: 170 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    #41 £28 OP - survey cash plus emptied the piggy bank before payday. 
    Total £263.04 Thank you 🙂
  • big_saver_5
    big_saver_5 Posts: 55 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    #71 signing in with a march overpayment of 1325
  • Hettyhound
    Hettyhound Posts: 1,137 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 19 March 2021 at 9:20AM
    Morning! #90 with another March overpayment of £215 so that should be a total March OP of £415.  See you all in April 👋
    SPC #023 SPC 12: £125.86[/COLOUR]:SPC 13: £214.98: SPC 14: £297.41 SPC 15: £237.27 SPC 16 £335.39; SPC 17 £662.09 SPC 18 £660.03[ SPC 19 ?COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]MFW #21 Mortgage start Dec 2015 £79,950; Dec 2025 £16,453[/COLOR] 2025 OP £2991/COLOR]/£2,000 MFiT T6 #3 £19070/£25,500 (72.82%%) MFiT T7 #3 £5477/£21,930 (24.97%)
  • jennystarpepper
    jennystarpepper Posts: 828 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 23 March 2021 at 3:03PM
    #16   So the total so far -  scrapings, spare change and tiding is now £105.54.

    Checked balance today and the balance on the mortgage has gone down 15k in 18 months.  

    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

  • regularsaver
    regularsaver Posts: 156 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    #133 signing in with March's overpayment of £167.63.

    Many thanks julicorn. 
    MFW - #133 - 2020 Challenge - £1230.67 / £1159
    MFW - #133 - 2021 Challenge - £1328 / £1270
    MFW #56 - 2022 Challenge - £325.35 / £1296
    Mortgage began Jan 2019 - £115,900
    Mortgage Currently            - £105,160
  • eat_that_frog
    eat_that_frog Posts: 269 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    #84 with a £2500 overpayment for March. Thanks so 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
  • ProfessionalTeaDrinker
    ProfessionalTeaDrinker Posts: 69 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 20 March 2021 at 7:48AM
    #103 A late update but £470 overpayment for February.
    MFW #103 £992/£3,000 
    Make £2,021 in 2021 #45 £337.13/£2,021
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