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Ninety months to pay off mortgage - or as near as dammit!

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  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,200 Forumite
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    Hopefully you can use it as motivation then.
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £167.4K Equity 38% 3/4/26
    2) £2.1K Net savings after CCs 14/5/26 (but owed £1.3K) so £3.4K
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £41.6K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.4K) = 47.6K of £127.5K target 37.33% 16/5/26 (If took bigger lump sum = 69.5K or 54.5%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target min £17.1/30K 57% (may need more) If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%
    5) SIPP £5.6K updated 16/5/26
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,747 Forumite
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    A pound and a half off this week SH, going the right way😅 gave away a huge egg my folks bought me to DS’s girlfriend😇 she knows - I am not passing it off as a gift from me😂
    bought eggs for my folks and have hopefully claimed cash back from tcb for it🙏
    New job going well so far I think.


    Mortgage OP 2026 £860/2000
    Mortgage balance: £31,763

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £20


  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,723 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Well done  :)
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,747 Forumite
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    I was a bit disappointed Beanie as I felt I had been so good but looking back I was probably kidding myself😂
    Mortgage OP 2026 £860/2000
    Mortgage balance: £31,763

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £20


  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,723 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I have been out with DS today.
    Most derfinatly not good on the food front~~eek!!
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • * continues eating random packet of crisps throughout the day *
    Nevertheless she persisted.
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,747 Forumite
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    * continues eating random packet of crisps throughout the day *
    😂😂😂love it! I was so good today despite offers of chips then chocolate 😂
    egg cash back payable already 🎉
    Mortgage OP 2026 £860/2000
    Mortgage balance: £31,763

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £20


  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,200 Forumite
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    That's quick on the cashback!
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £167.4K Equity 38% 3/4/26
    2) £2.1K Net savings after CCs 14/5/26 (but owed £1.3K) so £3.4K
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £41.6K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.4K) = 47.6K of £127.5K target 37.33% 16/5/26 (If took bigger lump sum = 69.5K or 54.5%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target min £17.1/30K 57% (may need more) If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%
    5) SIPP £5.6K updated 16/5/26
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,747 Forumite
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    That's quick on the cashback!
    It was indeed! And very welcome 
    Mortgage OP 2026 £860/2000
    Mortgage balance: £31,763

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £20


  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,747 Forumite
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    So new mortgage deal sorted, now more than double rate from two years ago but better than original offerings. 
    Mortgage OP 2026 £860/2000
    Mortgage balance: £31,763

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £20


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