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  • Legs21
    Legs21 Posts: 251 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    #71 checking in with another OP of £150 taking July total OP to £300

    Thank you 🙂
    MFW 2022 #71  £4400/£4400
  • StoicLass
    StoicLass Posts: 37 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 10 Posts Name Dropper
    #18 here with a second OP of £400 this month, yay!  :) Thanks @julicorn
  • JaggedFlamingo
    JaggedFlamingo Posts: 51 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 10 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 29 July 2022 at 4:28AM
    #10 with a first and last OP for July of £10,000. 

    Thanks, julicorn.
    Original mortgage: £278,827 (September 2018)
    Current mortgage: £0 (15.07.2023)
    Original mortgage-free date: September 2033
    Current mortgage-free date: July 2023
    MFW 2023 #10: £28,909.64/£25,000

  • becksta
    becksta Posts: 2,262 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    #88 with a final OP of £370 giving me a total payment in July of £765

    Thanks very much :smile:
    MFW 2022 #88: £6620/£6000
    MFW 2023 #38: £13242.13/£6000
    MFW 2024 #38: £15792.12./£9000
    MFW 2025 #38: £15241.92/£7500

    Thank you to all competition posters
  • IndiJonesi
    IndiJonesi Posts: 505 Forumite
    500 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    #14 checking in with a July op of £3960.  Thanks @julicorn for the updates
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,506 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hi,

    No. 12 with an overpayment for July of £381.43.

    Thanks 🙂
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000. Mortgage Free November 2025!
  • ElmoR
    ElmoR Posts: 416 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Good morning all

    Been in super saving mode the past two months, a hard push before our finances change as DD starts university in Sept. So, for June and July a payment of £2,160 for each month.

    Thanks julicorn
  • #79 reporting £325 overpayment for July. Thanks for updating @julicorn
    MFW 2024 £27500/7500 Mortgage £129,500 Jan 22 Final payment June 38 Now £68489.08 FP May 36 Emergency Fund £20,000 100% Added to ISA 24 £8,060 Save 12k in 24 #31 £20,034.76/20,000 Debt Free 31.07.14
  • ajmoney
    ajmoney Posts: 6,488 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    No 70 with an OP of £280 for August.  Thanks julicorn.
    MFW 2025 No. 7 £2731.07/£2700
    MFiT-T7 No. 6 £5515.91/£30,000
  • Hi Julicorn! #19 checking in with August repayment of £108 which would bring overall payment of year to £4382.56. 
    Glad that my target should be met despite all the inflation in our living costs. 
    Mortgage so far: £31,630.01Aiming to be mortgage free by 2024
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