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2024 Mortgage-Free Wannabes

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  • hellosupernova
    hellosupernova Posts: 100 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 10 Posts
    #9 total overpayments for October £333.66
    Thanks Julicorn
    Mortgage Free Wannabe
    Mortgage free aim date (set Dec 23): 2030 or earlier
    Mortgage free wannabe starting figure: £73,576.96
    Current Mortgage Figure: £53,301.28

    Mortgage end date with no overpayments: 20th July 2037
    Mortgage end date with overpayments: 1st Jan 2030

    Goal 1   10k off mortgage balance by 31st March 2024           Achieved
    Goal 2   60k mortgage balance by 30th September 2024        Got to £62,999
    Goal 3   10k off mortgage balance by 31st March 2025               Achieved
  • SuperSavingD
    SuperSavingD Posts: 695 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 17 November 2024 at 10:48PM
    #46
    Sent my last OP of the year totalling £338, so happy that’s my second target met (think I’ve exceeded it by £11).  Thank you so much Julicorn for running this challenge it keeps me focused.  Would like to wish everyone good luck on smashing their targets too.
  • julicorn
    julicorn Posts: 2,698 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Really exciting seeing a bunch of you hitting your targets, well done! <3
  • Sistergold
    Sistergold Posts: 2,154 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hello all, oh how the year flies! #10 here with November OP of £94. Thanks @julicorn for keeping us updated 🌺
    Initial mortgage bal £487.5k, current £238k, target £122k (quarter way!)
    Mortgage start date first week of July 2019,
    Mortgage term 23yrs(end of June 2042🙇🏽♀️), 
    Target is to pay it off in 10years(by 2030🥳). 
    MFW#10 (2022/23 mfw#34)(2021 mfw#47)(2020 mfw#136)
    £12K in 2021 #54 (in 2020 #148)
    MFiT-T6#27
    To save £100K in 48months start 01/07/2020 Achieved 30/05/2023 👯♀️
    To save £100k in 60months start 01/01/2027
    Am a single mom of 4. 
    Do not wait to buy a property, Buy a property and wait. 🤓
  • Hettyhound
    Hettyhound Posts: 1,189 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Hello, number 21 with an extra November overpayment of £155.  By my calculations that makes a total of £473 for November!!  Nearly there with still a month to go.  Thank you Julicorn 
    SPC #023 SPC 12: £125.86; SPC 13: £214.98; SPC 14: £297.41; SPC 15: £237.27; SPC 16: £335.39; SPC 17: £662.09 SPC 18: £660.03; SPC 19 ?
    MFW #21 Mortgage start Dec 2015 £79,950; April 2026 £13,534 2025 OP £2991/£2,000 2026 £2,077/£5,500
    MFiT T6 #3 £19070/£25,500 (72.82%%) MFiT T7 #3 £6070/£21,930 (27.67%)
  • t4mof
    t4mof Posts: 271 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    #45 with October's overpayment of £2138.
    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
  • SeekingFlight
    SeekingFlight Posts: 216 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    #25 with a £500 OP for November please @julicorn
    #5 Make £2026 in 2026 £841.05/£2026
    #63 Mortgage Free Wannabe 2026 OP £4700/£38,100
    Decluttering Campaign 26/2026
    "Remember not to do too many things at once" said me to herself.
  • powerspowers
    powerspowers Posts: 1,388 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    #27 with £250 for December please Julicorn, I know it’s a bit early but while I think about it xx
    MFW 2021 #76 £5,145
    MFW 2022 #27 £5,300 
    MFW 2023 #27 £2,000
    MFW 2024 #27 £6,055
    MFW 2025 #27 £5,075
    MFW 2026 #27 0/£1000


  • jackieblack
    jackieblack Posts: 10,663 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    #4 reporting my regular OP of £115 for November 
    Thanks julicorn 🙂
    Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the end
    Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur
  • Symphony101
    Symphony101 Posts: 22 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 10 Posts
    Number #59 with a November overpayment of £500 :)
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