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2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes
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#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: £16090.54/£7500
Thank you to all competition posters2 -
#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
01.12.25 £28992 -
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; 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; Jan 2026 £16,119 2025 OP £2991/£2,000 2026 £130/£5,500
MFiT T6 #3 £19070/£25,500 (72.82%%) MFiT T7 #3 £5811/£21,930 (26.49%)2 -
#35 with a final payment for April of £257.21 for a monthly total of £1,170.26. Thank youMFWB 2025 #35: £11,150.81 / £10,000
MFWB 2026 #35 £0 / £10,000
Prolific 2025 £294.34 / £500
MFWB Diary
Mortgage 1 Jan 2025: £63,215.87
Mortgage 1 Jan 2026: £50,602.602 -
#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. IYKYK2 -
#36 here with £5502.30 overpayment for April. On the home straight now.CC Debt at LBM Nov 08 - £25000+ DFD Dec 2012Second DFD May 2021Starting my MFW journey: Opening Balance: £138,000; July 2019: £135107.33; July 2024 £52974.60; July 2025 £11140.232025 MFW #363
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#26 checking in again with an overpayment of £3,429.78 for May.The end is in sight now.
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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 2026 No. 7 £400/£5000
MFiT-T7 No. 6 £5515.91/£30,0003 -
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 😁Mortgage £39,933
MFW 2022 #35 10,000
MFW 2023 #3 10358.97
MFW 2024 #3 10000
MFW 2025 #3 10000
MFW 2026 1236.62/4100
MFiT-T7 #10 aiming for 16k https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6283332/halving-our-income-and-still-aiming-for-mortgage-free#latest3 -
#61 zero for April, throw everything at the CC.
Challenges
NSD - January - 5/10
1. 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £1,129 /£29,000, MF target May 2026, current mortgage balance - £28,756
mortgage @ Jan 2025 - £75,600
2. Loan - Jan 2026 £1,029.22 - bal £0- fully paid
3.52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #2 £/£1,378 -( /52)
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