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Brilliant 🎉
Well done you!
We're all very happy to celebrate with you!Emergency fund 13.5k Home/ holiday fund 6.5k Mortgage £45,614- MFW 2022 #35 10,000
- MFW 2023 #3 10358.97
- MFW 2024 #3 10000
- MFW 2025 #3 6945.69/10000
- MFW 2024 #3 10000
- MFW 2023 #3 10358.97
0 - MFW 2022 #35 10,000
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Congratulations! 🥳 Would you like an MSE badge?I’m a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Competition Time, Site Feedback and Marriage, Relationships and Families boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com All views are my own and not the official line of Money Saving Expert.1
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Congratulations! That's really well done! By buying a property that was big enough without being too big, you have acheived the fantastic result of being Mortgage-free in your Forties! There is a great peace of mind to be had knowing that your property is now yours, and very little else can happen to mean you will ever be homeless.
I would recommend treating yourself to something really nice with the money that would have been your mortgage payments for the next few months. Then look at starting or increasing your pension savings, so you have the flexibility to retire when you want to.
Sadly, you may also need to keep your retirement plans private, as people can be jealous of people that have managed to save for their retirement.The comments I post are my personal opinion. While I try to check everything is correct before posting, I can and do make mistakes, so always try to check official information sources before relying on my posts.2 -
Great result.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
Huge congratulations. That's a fabulous achievement 👏0
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Many congratulations 🎉🎉
I don't know what your future plans are but l think you deserve to treat yourself to at least the equivalent of a mortgage payment or two. You haven't got to this position without making sacrifices.
All the best for the future.
MFW
Opening Mortgage Balance 16/06/2024 - £99569.04 term remaining 80 months (Feb 2031)
Current Balance £37,530
MFW 2025 #31 £25,470 / £28,000 OP
MFIT - T7 £25,470 OP
0%CC May 2027- £2,400
Grocery Challenge
Jan £387.89 / Feb £ 355.67 / Mar £418.63 / Apr £478.37 / May £426.52 / June £376.18 / July £462.54+£103.32 entertaining /
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Great result!
Now don't just get involved in a relationship with a person without a paper agreement on the money side! (A lesson I had to learn the very hard way)
Seriously though - Well done.Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!2 -
Congratulations and well done! 🎉🥳🍾Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!0
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