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2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes

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  • becksta
    becksta Posts: 2,256 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    #38 with a total overpayment in April of £1148.37

    Many thanks!
    MFW 2022 #88: £6620/£6000
    MFW 2023 #38: £13242.13/£6000
    MFW 2024 #38: £15792.12./£9000
    MFW 2025 #38: £14149.23/£7500

    Thank you to all competition posters
  • jennystarpepper
    jennystarpepper Posts: 821 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 1 May at 12:41PM
    #16 - £642.24. April 

    Hoping to crack the 10k mark next month.

    Many thanks Julicorn.

    Can't believe it's May tomorrow, keep up saving the pennies everyone.
    MFW - 01.10.21 £63761   01.10.22 £50962   01.10.23 £39979   01.10.24 £27815. 01.01.25. £17538
    01.03.25 £14794.    01.04.25 £12888
    01.05.25. £11805. 12.05.25  £9997   05.06.25  £8898. 
     01.07.25. £7975  01.08.25 £6968 01.09.25 £5956. 01.10.25 £4979

  • Hettyhound
    Hettyhound Posts: 1,099 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    number 21 with a final April OP of £40; this makes a total of £330 for April.  Thank you!!
    SPC #023 SPC 12: £125.86[/COLOUR]: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 ?COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]MFW #21 Mortgage start Dec 2015 £79,950; Nov 2025 £17,241[/COLOR] 2025 OP £2426.36/COLOR]/£2,000 MFiT T6 #3 £19070/£25,500 (72.82%%) MFiT T7 #3 £4689/£21,930 (21.38%)
  • here_for_the_tips
    here_for_the_tips Posts: 140 Forumite
    100 Posts First Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    #35 with a final payment for April of £257.21 for a monthly total of £1,170.26. Thank you
    MFWB 2025 #35: £11,150.81 / £10,000
    Prolific 2025 £294.34 / £500
    MFWB Diary
    Mortgage 1 Jan 2025: £63,215.87
    Mortgage 1 Feb 2025: £61,655.16
    Mortgage 1 Mar 2025: £60,635.55
    Mortgage 1 Apr 2025:  £59,422.35
    Mortgage 1 May 2025: £58,164.35
    Mortgage 1 June 2025: £57,055.79
    Mortgage 1 July 2025: £55,918.13
    Mortgage 1 August 2025: £54,624.07
    Mortgage 1 September 2025: £53,722.34
    Mortgage 1 October 2025: £52,539.83 
    Mortgage 1 November 2025: £51,483.47
  • amydoll83
    amydoll83 Posts: 31 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 10 Posts
    #67 total OP for April £318.09

    £729 exactly fot the year so far (if my calculations are correct)!
    MFW 2025 Op challenge = number 67
    £729/£2000

    Little and often, that's the key. IYKYK  
  • t4mof
    t4mof Posts: 271 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 30 April at 10:17PM
    #36 here with £5502.30 overpayment for April. On the home straight now. 

    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
  • ShALLaX
    ShALLaX Posts: 119 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    #26 checking in again with an overpayment of £3,429.78 for May. 

    The end is in sight now.

    Thank you!
  • ajmoney
    ajmoney Posts: 6,479 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    No 7 with an OP of £100 for May. Thanks julicorn.
    I remortgage in 2 months time. For the last few years the focus has been on saving as my mortgage rate has been so low but there is no way there will be anything at 1.34% so the focus will probably shift.
    MFW 2025 No. 7 £2331.07/£2700
    MFiT-T7 No. 6 £4868.07/£30,000
  • smetf
    smetf Posts: 372 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Morning all,
    Happy 1st May!
    Checking in with our standard OP of £686.62 and an extra £70 OP made so May's total so far £756.62.

    Have a lovely day all 😁
    Emergency fund 15k Home/ holiday fund 7k Mortgage £42,877
  • Pinkpieuni
    Pinkpieuni Posts: 186 Forumite
    100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    #61 zero for April, throw everything at the CC. 

    Challenges

    NSD - Nov  5/10

    Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2025 #7 £6,500/£6,500 - All gone, paid off.

    52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #7  £1,378/£1,378 -(52/52)

    The Save £12k in 2025 challenge #4 £12,317/£30,500

    2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £34,501.82/£38,000

    Mortgage -  Jan 2025 £75,600-Current bal £38,405.76 Target  MF (Jun 26) 240 days.

    Loan  - Jan 2025 £4,095 - Current balance £1,544.37

    "Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves"

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