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The Case of the Overwhelming Mortgage

AgathaSquirrel · 2021-02-16 09:50:48

I’ve lurked for a long time. I have no-one in real life I can discuss these issues with and thought it might be helpful to get it out of my head and on to paper. I am mid 40s, married, with two pre-teen children. We moved in 2017, with a 20 year mortgage of £140,000 and interest of £10 per day. We now have a mortgage of…

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SandyShores Posts: 2,127 Forumite

12 September at 4:47PM

Yes definitely, it's a real shock to the system. And you're so busy preparing for them to leave home you don't have time to prepare for you.

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