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Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)
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As of this morning, we are below £250K on the mortgage.Balance is currently £249,620.46
Still a looong way to go, but this is a significant way-marker.😊
KKAs at 21.05.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £215,607
- OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 38 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 2nd June.
Produce tracker: £139 of £400 in 2026
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Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.7 -
Hugely significant!
Congratulations! 🎉 👏 👏 👏 👏
Celebrate every milestone.
Sub £250! get you 😂4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
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******PROUD MEMBER OF THE TOFU EATING COALITION OF CHAOS !!!******3 -
Well done on breaking through the 250k barrier!🎉🎉🎉Mortgage OP 2026 £960/2000Mortgage balance: £31,427
Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £30,
Jun £03 -
Hurrah! Does that change your LTV too?My mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot+++
GNU Mr Redo3 -
Whoop whoop 🎉 on the mortgage front. Time to celebrate.
Love🐞Declutter 1352/ 2026
£145.56 saved by growing and eating my own 2026
books read 8in 2026
£320 🥳 funpot
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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.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.3 -
very significant Cheers from Watty xMade it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!3 -
Excellent work, well done! 😃3
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That is a big deal, enjoy the moment🎉👍👏👏👏3
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Well done 👍🏼3
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