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Progress not Perfection

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  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,468 Forumite
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    Enjoy your day, despite the weather
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £27,864....its going down

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    Have a lovely sneaky day out SA! Lovely to start with a coffee and a book somewhere other than home too - means you have nothing sitting in the background calling for your attention! (Or indeed, no-ONE sitting in the background...) 
    🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
    Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
    Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
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