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  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,888 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    RS89 said:
    2026 is off to a reasonable start 
    And you're already in 2026, so halfway there 😘!
    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!!!
  • RS89
    RS89 Posts: 63 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hit interesting milestone today. Our mortgage balance is the same today as the first ever mortgage we took out  roughly15 years ago. Since then we borrowed (much) more and moved house. 

    At the time the number was very daunting. How time and perspective changes things… 

    Other updates 
    - Partners job is safe! 🙂
    - council tax up 5% 🤯
    - DS2 needs glasses some special kind not NHS 😳
    - went for lunch in London and it cost nearly £200 for a few tapas and wine… whhaattttttttt 🫣

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