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2024 Mortgage-Free Wannabes

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  • #46

    April’s overpayments complete totalling £226.18.

    Thanks Julicorn
  • Lumiona
    Lumiona Posts: 259 Forumite
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    MSE Lumiona MFW Challenge No #19
    Month Monthly Total YTD Goal Goal Left
    Jan-24 £3,981 £3,981 £24,000 £20,019
    Feb-24 £6,418 £10,399 £24,000 £13,601
    Mar-24 £6,132 £16,531 £24,000 £7,469
    Apr-24 £2,787 £19,318 £24,000 £4,682

  • jackieblack
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    #4 checking in with my usual OP of £115 for April 
    Thanks, as always, julicorn 👏🏻
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    MFW #4 OPs: 2018 £866.89, 2019 £1322.33, 2020 £1337.07
    2021 £1250.00, 2022 £1500.00, 2023 £1500, 2024 £1350
    2025 target = £1200, YTD £9190
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  • Hi, please can you put me down for a £7k OP in March and a £6k OP in April, thanks @julicorn
    Mortgage free as of March '25!
    £240,000 paid off in 4 years, 8 months and 18 days (July '20-Mar '25)
    Mortgage paid off 19 years early.

    2025 MFW #40

    2025 Goals

    Pay off mortgage of £55k for good! - £55k/£55k paid - mortgage free!!!
    Keep emergency fund at £10k - £10k/£10k - goal met!
    Lose 12 kgs - 3/12 kgs lost so far
    Try 1 new activity/experience as a family each month - 0/12 new activities/experiences tried
    Decluttering - declutter 500 items from house and outbuildings - 136/500 items so far
  • julicorn
    julicorn Posts: 2,591 Forumite
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    Thank you all for your updates! We're not far off £150k, let's see if we can get there this month :) The current total is £145,503.93 <3
  • fjireland
    fjireland Posts: 52 Forumite
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    #80 another £800 op today ;) 
    June 2017 - £295k mortgage/htb 
    June 2020 - £270k mortgage/htb
    Dec 2021 - £228k mortgage 
    Dec 2022 - £195k mortgage 
    Dec 2023 - £162.5k mortgage 
    Dec 2024 - £140k mortgage 
    Dec 2025 - Target - £130k mortgage 
  • stuartp2000
    stuartp2000 Posts: 182 Forumite
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    #35 

    April - 250
    Ytd - 1950

    Will accelerate payments in H2 hopefully so 9k is still the objective.  
    Challenges
    MFW 2025 #6 - 14871.56/14,000

    Completed Challenges
    MFW 2024 #35 - 9,000/9,000
    Pay off all debts by 2023 - #18 8,000 / 8,000

  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,250 Forumite
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    Hi,

    No.12 with an overpayment of £593.46 for April.

    Thanks 🙂
    Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • Hello. Update for #33 another £100.89
  • t4mof
    t4mof Posts: 266 Forumite
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    #45

    April update £1823.92.

    Thanks Julicorn.
    CC Debt at LBM Nov 08 - £25000+ DFD Dec 2012
    Second DFD May 2021
    Starting my MFW journey: Opening Balance: £138,000; July 2019: £135107.33; July 2024 £52974.60; July 2025 £11140.23
    2025 MFW #36
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