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Thinking of paying mortgage off next month

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Gam2015

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6 April at 9:33AM edited 6 April at 9:37AM in Mortgage-free wannabe

Hi all i currently owe around 46K on my mortgage at 5.2% already paid my 10% penalty free lump sum for this year my early repayment penalty drops to 1% on the 3rd of May i have max holdings in premium bonds at 50k on average this year so far i have won £97 per month so thinking of just cashing them in next month and settling my mortgage in full what are peoples thoughts? Then once i am mortgage free i can save £500 per month and rebuild savings for emergency fund etc.

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AgathaSquirrel Posts: 268 Forumite

6 April at 10:27AM

Sounds like a good plan to me. Do you have other emergency savings?

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Gam2015 Posts: 162 Forumite

6 April at 10:42AM

AgathaSquirrel said:

Sounds like a good plan to me. Do you have other emergency savings?

Yes i would have about 20k spare after settling the mortgage

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South_coast Posts: 5,884 Forumite

6 April at 10:57AM

Go for it. There's no feeling like it 😀

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beanielou Posts: 95,599 Ambassador

6 April at 8:29PM

I concur with your thoughts on this.

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ladybird1106 Posts: 805 Forumite

7 April at 7:16AM

We paid our mortgage this year with a lump sum and the feeling of relief is amazing. Go for it if you think it’s the right thing for you.
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powerspowers Posts: 1,337 Forumite

7 April at 7:38AM

Brilliant! Go for it

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