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Review my budget: what should we do with an extra £500/month?

dgerrard · 2022-01-16 13:15:56

Hi all, Not sure if this is allowed here, but: I'd love to have you look at our household budget & tell us if there's anything glaring, either that we aren't doing and should be, or that we should stop doing. General Situation My wife & I live in SE London. 3 bed house, no kids, 1 cat. We owe ~£288,000 on our mortgage (2%…

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enthusiasticsaver Posts: 16,139 Ambassador

18 January 2022 at 8:31AM

My options if I were you would be split spare income between overpaying pension and repaying debt either on the car loan or mortgage whichever is more expensive.

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