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Hello #78 reporting £1000 for July taking YTD to £7200MortgageStart 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 -
#85 total overpayments for July £163
Thanks Julicorn27/5/17 Mort 64705 BTs 1904031/12/17 Mort 59815 BT 1673007/04/20 Mort 49208 BT 1572128/07/20 Mort 47387 BT 1263414/11/20 Mort 45905 BT 10134 20/05/21 Mort 42335 BT 686811/08/22 Mort 32050 BT 2915Sealed Pot Challenge 16 Number 51 -
Morning all
I've increased my monthly mortgage payment by £290 so my total OP for July is now
#81 O/P for July £7500 + 290 = £7790
thanks Julicorn
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Hi All
Hope everyone is well. Apologies Julicorn for the late update.
#2 over payments as follows
June = 450.00
July = 400.00
Many thanks xMFWB#2
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#59 - please can I add:
June - £1210July - £205Thanks for the updates! ☺️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 -
#4 reporting £125 OP (offset)
Thanks julicorn 🥂Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the endQuidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur1 -
#73 making another OP of £100 so total for July £150.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate you doing this Julicorn, it makes ts such an incentive to OP even if it is a small amount to help the debt go down. God bless you.2 -
(Hi #33 with £775 overpayment for July making total for July £1095.
thanks for updating.
edited as I forgot regular overpayment.1 -
Unfortunately some major expenses came along, which means no more overpayments this year and likely not for the first half of next year either sadly0
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Not an OP but I've realised my original target of £3570 for the year was wrong - please can it be changed to £6570 @julicorn?Mortgage when saw the MSE light 💡: £85,000 (end date 2045)
2019: £65,638💰 2024 Increased mortgage for house move: £112,000 (end date 2054)
Current end date: May 2026
2025MFW #751
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