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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,691 Forumite
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    Hi @badmemory - I call that ‘sod’s law’!! 😉😂

    @redofromstart I would love to track the difference on the daily interest paid, but I am ashamed to admit (after all these months here! ) that I can’t work out how to calculate it 🫢 <ahem …. >

    On £5.96 from QMee surveys so far this week. It looks,like it’s not worth bothering with over the weekend, but the week has gone quite well so far 😊

    KK


    As at 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
    Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,691 Forumite
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    Started off aiming for 1%, on the 1% thread.  

    I can’t find this. I’ve looked on the Mortgage board but am I not looking very well?

    KK 
    As at 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
    Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • South_coast
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    KajiKita said:
    @redofromstart I would love to track the difference on the daily interest paid, but I am ashamed to admit (after all these months here! ) that I can’t work out how to calculate it 🫢 <ahem …. >
    It's really easy - what's your mortgage balance and rate?
    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!!!
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,691 Forumite
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    KajiKita said:
    @redofromstart I would love to track the difference on the daily interest paid, but I am ashamed to admit (after all these months here! ) that I can’t work out how to calculate it 🫢 <ahem …. >
    It's really easy - what's your mortgage balance and rate?
    When I looked last weekend it was c. £282,389 and we are currently on a 2.17% rate.

    KK
    As at 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
    Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • South_coast
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    OK, so you need to multiply £282,389 by 0.0217 (your interest rate as a decimal) = £6,127.84 annual interest ÷ 365 = £16.79 daily interest
    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!!!
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,691 Forumite
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    OK, so you need to multiply £282,389 by 0.0217 (your interest rate as a decimal) = £6,127.84 annual interest ÷ 365 = £16.79 daily interest
    Oh, good grief! It really is easy!!! Doh!!  Thank you!!  :)

    So, if I look at our opening balance of £315,000 the daily interest rate would have been:
    £315,000 x 0.0217 / 365 = £18.72?

    KK
    As at 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
    Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,878 Forumite
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    Yep 👍     
    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!!!
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,691 Forumite
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    Yep 👍     
    Fab! Thank you 😊 

    KK
    As at 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
    Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,691 Forumite
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    Done a £7.06 OP from Qm33 surveys for the week 😊

    Nice way to end the week.

    KK
    As at 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
    Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • KajiKita said:

    Started off aiming for 1%, on the 1% thread.  

    I can’t find this. I’ve looked on the Mortgage board but am I not looking very well?

    KK 
    It's on the mortgage free diaries, now on page 2, I tagged you in a comment on it. It helped me to change my mind set to make OPs a priority.
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