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2021 Mortgage-Free Wannabes
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#78 another small OP of £10 - July total £15MortgageStart 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 -
Porridgecat no 95 checking in again with this months overpayment of £1062.75 again. Mortgage total now at £18 397.Mortgage Free 23 December 2020
Savings £9671 / £20 000 goal
Emergency Fund £216 / £1000 goal3 -
No.29 - June overpayment of £180.
Sorry for the late report. Thanks Julicorn.
Total overpayments for 2021 now £613.71/£4,000
"Think of many things, do one"
Mortgage 30Jan'26 est. £204,330 £309,749 2020 (ends 2038 - aiming for 2031)
Seven Goals; target lose 4lbs by Feb'26; walk/run/exercising/weights/yoga1 -
#59 with my first overpayment for July - £210.
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 -
Current mortgage - £12000
aim to pay £6000 this year (mfw #20)
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#76 with £250 for July ☺️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/£5,0001 -
Great progress all!
#28 July OP of £1,100 please :-)Current mortgage (1 Jun 2022): £289,501 - originally £351,999 got to love London sized mortgages!
OP Goal 2022 = 3.75% in OPs: £6,975 / £13,200
Emergency Fund Target: 3 months saved ✅
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Hi Julicorn,
Unusually for me, a second July payment, but it was nice to round my total down to a '00 for the month.
So an extra £19 for me, taking the total for this month to £436, and overall total to £2938/£5000.
Thank you! WPxMortgage 1 (BTL) Jan '24 £102,500
Mortgage 1 OP pot (July ‘22 - July ‘27) £7,300/£19,500
Mortgage 2 (joint forever home) Jan '20 £244,500, Jan '21 £235,000, Jan '24 £202,0001 -
Hi all
#60 with July’s overpayment of £650.
Many thanks,
LWas MFW#60 - mortgage paid off December 20211 -
Porridgecat no 95 again, small payment of £9 making this months total £1071.75. I had an extra £35.71 floating around in YNAB so took 29p from groceries and have paid £9 to each of my priorities: mortgage, savings, holidays and emergency fund.Mortgage Free 23 December 2020
Savings £9671 / £20 000 goal
Emergency Fund £216 / £1000 goal1
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