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  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,991 Forumite
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    rtandon27 said:
    If we are voting - it's premium bonds without a doubt!
    ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ thanks!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,324 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Definitely wishing for the premium bonds, but think new job and windowsills more likely! ๐Ÿ˜
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! ยฃ132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,089 Forumite
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    Good luck with the drive today and have a lovely Christmas ๐ŸŽ„ย 

    KK
    As at 15.12.25:
    - When bought house ยฃ315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now ยฃ227,385
    - OPs to mortgage = ยฃ12,881 Estd. interest saved = ยฃ6,203 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 1 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 1st Januaryย 
    Produce tracker: ยฃ8 of ยฃ400 in 2026

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions.ย 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality.ย 
  • joedenise
    joedenise Posts: 18,157 Forumite
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    Merry Christmas @Cheery_Daff and Mr CD. ย Enjoy your day.
  • Merry Christmas!
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: ยฃ240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: ยฃ226,957.97
    Start student loan 2012: ยฃ29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
  • Merry Christmas ๐ŸŽ… ๐ŸŽ„ย 
  • Happy Christmas Cheery Daff and everyone xxxx
  • Merry Christmas x
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