Repayments

Hi ,
I need plain English explaination about my mortgage over payments. I have a fixed rate repayment mortgage with Barclays.
Recently I've decided to start over paying , not on a regular (set amount) , but a £100 here 200 there basis.
My confusion is that the balance does not reduce in relation to the payments.  £93,816  minus 200 over payment should equal 93,616. But 3 days later on checking balance
the total is £93,634...so where did £18 disappear to ?
Can anyone shed any light on why ?

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  • caeler
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    Daily interest. 
  • petetheheat
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    Thanks for reply.
    I thought that over payments were interest free? The interest I pay is within my regular mortgage payment and over paying is a sum directly off my balance ?
  • caeler
    caeler Forumite Posts: 2,605
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    I made on overpayment on 1 December along with my regular payment. It went down by that full value and I’ve been gaining a £3.00-£3.01 increase everyday since. Not entirely sure I fully understand myself! 
  • petetheheat
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    We seem to be at their mercy....
  • petetheheat
    petetheheat Forumite Posts: 5
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    Straight answers are hard to come by...
  • jenni_fer
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    What's your interest rate?
    It'll probably be that it shows you the daily interest accumulating but much easier to illustrate with actuals.
  • Legs21
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    Do you have any sub accounts on your mortgage? I have one on mine for the fees when I initially took the mortgage out. Any overpayments reduce the mortgage and the sub account on mine.
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