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2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes

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  • Hi,
    Last check in for 2025. £338 for December. 
    Thanks JC! 

  • Happy (almost) Christmas MFWs! An extra £8 o/p for #29 so total December overpayment is £108.94, thank you Julicorn! :)
    Mortgage start: Sept 2018 £140,000 (30 years) Sept 2020: £129,131 
    Sept 2021: £121,000 (remortgaged for 22 years), Sept 2022: £111,009, Sept 2023: £101,700, Sept 2024: £94,405, Sept 2025: £85,470
    Current: £82,680 (Feb 26)
    MFW 2025 #29
    MFW 2026 #20
    Just keep swimming
  • #34 here. I made a December OP of £1683 to (just!) meet our yearly target of £6000. 

    Thanks so much to this whole group of folks for the inspiration, both in this thread and in your diaries. Thanks especially to @julicorn, for putting all that work in.

    Wishing everyone lovely holidays and let's see what we can collectively accomplish in 2026. 
    2026 MFW OPs: 0/6000
    EF: 6500/10000
    Penny challenge: 79/668
    Holiday fund: 25/3000
  • soapy50
    soapy50 Posts: 35 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    edited 22 December 2025 at 4:13PM
    #64 Last OP of 2025 of £400 and finally into the teens! I feel like there's finally light at the end of the tunnel and the finish line is in sight! :) . Thanks
    MFW 2025 #64: £4350/£5000
    Mortgage January 2025 £31,598
    Mortgage February 2025 £30,519
    Mortgage March 2025 £29,427
    Mortgage April 2025 £28,731
    Mortgage May 2025 £27,351
    Mortgage June 2025 £26393
    Mortgage July 2025 £25,395
    Mortgage August 2025 £24,215
    Mortgage September 2025 £22,606
    Mortgage December 2025 £19,887
    Mortgage January 2026 £0 - officially mortgage free!! 
  • twinklie
    twinklie Posts: 5,280 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 22 December 2025 at 6:18PM
    Ahhh wow, I've not my target without realising it. Yay me.

    I could OP more but I've a few things I need to pay for and I haven't worked out my budget yet. Therefore in the interest of not causing myself a massive financial headache I'm going to save the OP for January I think.
    Reduction in daily mortgage interest since October 23 (new mortgage) - £2.84 December 25
    % of house owned/% of mortgage paid off. December 25 - 40.34%/33.36%
    MFiT-T7 #21
    MFW 2025 #2
    MF Date: Oct 37 Feb 37
  • Sistergold
    Sistergold Posts: 2,160 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hello everyone. #10 here with an OP who f £120 for December. 
    Wishing everyone a happy Christmas and a prosperous new year! 🌺 keep up the OPs 

    @julicorn thank you so much for all the hard work you put in year in year out by keeping this thread upto date.
    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. 🤓
  • Morning,

    No.23 reporting for the last time in 2025. 
    Nov £99
    Dec £99
    Total £2220.
    A bit disappointing as my target was £5,000 but it has been unpredictable year. Hoping for certainty in 2026.
    As always, thank you for running the challenge @julicorn
    Bounty 
    2026 MFW No:23
    MFiT-T7 12
  • Merry Christmas all.. well done to all on achievements throughout the year..

    I haven’t checked in all year- lost my way/momentum this year with ops as I had to prioritise other things this year for a change -

    quite far off my 6k target 

    year total - 2900
    jan - 1000
    feb - 100
    mar - 100
    apr - 100
    may - 150 
    jun - 150
    jul - 150 
    aug - 150
    sep - 250
    oct - 250
    nov - 250
    dec - 250 

    Hoping to do better next year

    happy new year all 😊🥂
    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 
  • soapy50
    soapy50 Posts: 35 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Just realised I hit my target of £5000  :) in fact I paid £5050  in 2025 woohoo! 🥳 Merry Christmas everyone, see you all in the 2026 MFW challenge when I'm hoping to finish my mortgage altogether 🤞
    MFW 2025 #64: £4350/£5000
    Mortgage January 2025 £31,598
    Mortgage February 2025 £30,519
    Mortgage March 2025 £29,427
    Mortgage April 2025 £28,731
    Mortgage May 2025 £27,351
    Mortgage June 2025 £26393
    Mortgage July 2025 £25,395
    Mortgage August 2025 £24,215
    Mortgage September 2025 £22,606
    Mortgage December 2025 £19,887
    Mortgage January 2026 £0 - officially mortgage free!! 
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