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Getting FIREd up 😀

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 100,899 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!

    All good then.

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    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.

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  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,696 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper

    Apparently mine is a Sunday 😉

  • julicorn
    julicorn Posts: 2,761 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    Mine shifts every time I update my spreadsheet 😂

  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,609 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    BIG Halloween display in The Range 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,696 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper

    I'm not doing Halloween this year, going to the cinema to avoid weans 😂

  • bubblycrazy
    bubblycrazy Posts: 362 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    Yes, I spotted that last week 🤦‍♀️ I mean, I love Halloween, but come on!

    MFW -
    House purchase £62500
    Original mortgage balance 28/08/2014 £52850
    Original MF date: 2049:eek: Aiming for: 2025
    Balance 27/07/2016 £49990
    Balance 08/07/2017 £47999
    Balance 30/07/2018 £44500
    Balance 01/08/2019 £40700
    Balance 03/09/2020 £37619
    Balance 30/09/2021 £33983
    Balance 18/01/2023 £28940
    Balance 06/10/2024 £22168
    Balance 08/10/2025 £18417


    Mortgage free 09/10/2025!! Mortgage paid off in 11 years, 1 month, 11 days 🥳
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,609 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,696 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper

    Can't it be both?

  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,609 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
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