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The Case of the Overwhelming Mortgage
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I’ve totally mentally spent it… and more!2017 - mortgage of £140,000 and interest rate of £10 a day
Feb 2021 mortgage of £103000
July 2021 mortgage of £97000
November 2021 mortgage of £93000
December 2022 mortgage of £79000
December 2023 mortgage of £73000
March 2024 mortgage of £70000
May 2024 mortgage of £68000
October 2024 mortgage of £65000
February 2025 mortgage of £63000
March 2025 mortgage of £45000 and interest of £6.07 per day
November 2025 mortgage of £41000 and interest of £5.62 per day2 -
The inheritance is in. I’m mainly numb. It’s odd to receive money when you did nothing to earn it.
Still thinking about what to do with it but I’ll speak to the mortgage company tomorrow about how much it will cost to pay off the small mortgage.2017 - mortgage of £140,000 and interest rate of £10 a day
Feb 2021 mortgage of £103000
July 2021 mortgage of £97000
November 2021 mortgage of £93000
December 2022 mortgage of £79000
December 2023 mortgage of £73000
March 2024 mortgage of £70000
May 2024 mortgage of £68000
October 2024 mortgage of £65000
February 2025 mortgage of £63000
March 2025 mortgage of £45000 and interest of £6.07 per day
November 2025 mortgage of £41000 and interest of £5.62 per day5 -
I have the redemption figure. Transfer made. Now the wait until the mortgage company close the account and send the letter. Will be watching the banking app to see what happens.2017 - mortgage of £140,000 and interest rate of £10 a day
Feb 2021 mortgage of £103000
July 2021 mortgage of £97000
November 2021 mortgage of £93000
December 2022 mortgage of £79000
December 2023 mortgage of £73000
March 2024 mortgage of £70000
May 2024 mortgage of £68000
October 2024 mortgage of £65000
February 2025 mortgage of £63000
March 2025 mortgage of £45000 and interest of £6.07 per day
November 2025 mortgage of £41000 and interest of £5.62 per day6 -
Great news that it has come through. Will be great when you see that mortgage gone.Aiming to early retire August 31st 2026.2
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Understand the mixed feelings. Good to see one of your mortgages go.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.3K Equity 36.55%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £30.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 35.5/£127.5K target 27.8% 14/11/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 62K or 48.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5.1K updated 14/11/251 -
The money has gone but we still owe £6 - not sure why. I’ve paid it to get the account to £0 and they can’t pay me back if it was an error. Think I’m now waiting for them to close the account and perhaps send us a letter? Lovely to see the mortgage jump from £63000 to £45000.2017 - mortgage of £140,000 and interest rate of £10 a day
Feb 2021 mortgage of £103000
July 2021 mortgage of £97000
November 2021 mortgage of £93000
December 2022 mortgage of £79000
December 2023 mortgage of £73000
March 2024 mortgage of £70000
May 2024 mortgage of £68000
October 2024 mortgage of £65000
February 2025 mortgage of £63000
March 2025 mortgage of £45000 and interest of £6.07 per day
November 2025 mortgage of £41000 and interest of £5.62 per day3 -
Could the £6 be a day's interest?Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!2 -
No, the interest for that mortgage was £2.36 per day. It wasn’t a big mortgage.2017 - mortgage of £140,000 and interest rate of £10 a day
Feb 2021 mortgage of £103000
July 2021 mortgage of £97000
November 2021 mortgage of £93000
December 2022 mortgage of £79000
December 2023 mortgage of £73000
March 2024 mortgage of £70000
May 2024 mortgage of £68000
October 2024 mortgage of £65000
February 2025 mortgage of £63000
March 2025 mortgage of £45000 and interest of £6.07 per day
November 2025 mortgage of £41000 and interest of £5.62 per day2 -
The account has cleared off the internet banking. We now only have one mortgage of £45000.
Mortgage £45000
Car savings £9000/£16000
Health related item £3000/£3500
University savings 12600/24000
House/emergency savings £8000/£10000
No spare money to make much of a dent in the mortgage but as well as our regular overpayments I’m going to move small amounts over as and when I can. My current small goal for the mortgage is to get into the 30000s2017 - mortgage of £140,000 and interest rate of £10 a day
Feb 2021 mortgage of £103000
July 2021 mortgage of £97000
November 2021 mortgage of £93000
December 2022 mortgage of £79000
December 2023 mortgage of £73000
March 2024 mortgage of £70000
May 2024 mortgage of £68000
October 2024 mortgage of £65000
February 2025 mortgage of £63000
March 2025 mortgage of £45000 and interest of £6.07 per day
November 2025 mortgage of £41000 and interest of £5.62 per day6 -
May I ask how you're saving for university? We use Vanguard's Target Retirement funds for our girls (nearly 10 and 3).2
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