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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,717 Forumite
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    NSD here. 

    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 41 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 9th August
    Produce tracker: £272 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. 
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 373 Forumite
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    NDS #11 for me
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    August 2025 NSD Challenge 1/18

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
    Current outstanding = £97,725
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £593/£700
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,657 Forumite
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    edited 26 August 2023 at 10:27PM
    August

    Off to a start = image
    5 days = image
    10 days = image
    15 days = image
    20 days = image Target reached = image Target beaten = image
    August targets
    AuntieL 11/10 imageimage  image  image  image
    beanielou 19/19 imageimage  image  image  image BlackCoffeeNoSugar 9/10 imageimage cathybird 14/15 imageimage  image Crazycatlady2 16/15 imageimage  image  image  image  image GeorgianaCavendish 19/19 imageimage  image  image  image IslaMujeres 1/TF image jammy dodger KajiKita 17/15 imageimage  image  image  image  image LemonadeBudget 10/15 imageimage  image lianne1984 6/10 imageimage LittleMissDetermined 13/14 imageimage  image Makingabobor2 5/15 imageimage  outoftheviciouscircle 1/15 image QueenJess 13/15 imageimage  image Rupacomp 12/15 imageimage  image Saver-upper 5/15 imageimage short bird 16/18 imageimage  image  image  2sonmum 10 Newcomers welcome :)
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,657 Forumite
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    Well done QueenJess, beanie, Makingabobor2, GeorgianaCavendish, KajiKita and AuntieL imageimageimage
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,599 Ambassador
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    Not one today.  
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    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*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Crazycatlady2
    Crazycatlady2 Posts: 1,074 Forumite
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    NSD Thursday to add please 
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,717 Forumite
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    Not one today - fell in the plant centre on the way back from the dentist! 😉

    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 41 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 9th August
    Produce tracker: £272 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. 
  • short_bird
    short_bird Posts: 4,022 Forumite
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    Day 16 today.
    ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ David Lynch.
    "It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.” David Lynch.
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,657 Forumite
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    Well done Crazycatlady2 and short bird imageimageimage Another one for me image
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,599 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    One today. 
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    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*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
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