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2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes

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  • SeekingFlight
    SeekingFlight Posts: 222 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper

    #63 in with an August OP of £1200.

    @julicorn

    #5 Make £2026 in 2026 £1701.11/£2026
    #63 Mortgage Free Wannabe 2026 OP £7300/£38,100
    Decluttering Campaign 78/2026
    "Remember not to do too many things at once" said me to herself.
  • Chili81
    Chili81 Posts: 63 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 10 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 15 August at 9:41AM

    #11 with an August OP of £266. I'm not sure I'll reach my target this year but it's all better than nothing. Thanks JC

  • scottishlass
    scottishlass Posts: 1,987 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 15 August at 11:00AM

    Number 24 with an additional £1158.73 for August bring August total to £2708.73, thats me reached my target but going to aim and try and get a bit more done this year…so new target is £32,063 so as not to go over my allowance.

    Thanks @julicorn

    2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #24 £20648.58/£32063 OP (Original target £20000 met)
  • #35 returning with £0 in June and £121.09 for July.

    MFWB 2025 #35: £11,150.81 / £10,000
    MFWB 2026 #35 £3,800.97 / £10,000
    Prolific 2025 £294.34 / £500
    MFWB Diary
    Mortgage 1 Jan 2025: £63,215.87
    Mortgage 1 Jan 2026: £50,602.60
    Mortgage 1 Feb 2026: £49,446.55
    Mortgage 1 Mar 2026: £48,602.73
    Mortgage 1 Apr 2026: £47,817.68
    Mortgage 1 Jun 2026: £46,450.66
  • Sammie_1985
    Sammie_1985 Posts: 326 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper

    #4 with an additional August payment of £445.25 please.

    🏡Mortgage July 2019 - £240,000
    💫Term Remaining (Without Overpayments) - 22y 10m

    🏡Mortgage Now - £178,873.00
    💫Term Remaining (With Overpayments) - 19y 8m

    🗓️236/360 Monthly Payments Remaining 

    💷MFW 2026 #4 - £6464.71/£7000

    💰EF - £8428/£10000


  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,814 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper

    Hi,

    No. 42 with £30 overpaid for July.

    Thanks 🙂

    I've been mortgage free once, so let's do it again!
    Starting balance March 26 £191,274.53
  • RedFraggle
    RedFraggle Posts: 1,558 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    #87 reporting £1500 overpayment for August.

    Thanks @julicorn

    Officially in a clique of idiots
  • powerspowers
    powerspowers Posts: 1,412 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper

    #29 with £150 taking me to 50% of my initial 2026 goal. Keep up the good work everyone and thank you Julicorn for keeping score x

    MFW 2021 #76 £5,145
    MFW 2022 #27 £5,300 
    MFW 2023 #27 £2,000
    MFW 2024 #27 £6,055
    MFW 2025 #27 £5,075
    MFW 2026 #29 £650 / £1000
  • longestgame
    longestgame Posts: 37 Forumite
    10 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper

    #34 with 675 for August, making 1000 YTD.

    Hope to keep the OPs going for the coming months and still make the annual 6000 goal.

    Thank you so much, Julicorn!

    2026 MFW OPs: 2000/6000
    2025 MFW OPs: 6000/6000
  • AgathaSquirrel
    AgathaSquirrel Posts: 434 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper

    #27 overpayment of £500


    Thank you 🤩

    2017 - mortgage of £140,000 and interest rate of £10 a day
    Feb 2021 £103000
    November 2021 £93000
    December 2022 £79000
    December 2023 £73000
    March 2024 £70000
    May 2024 £68000
    October 2024 £65000
    February 2025 £63000
    March 2025 £45000, interest of £6.07 per day
    November 2025 £41000, interest of £5.62 per day
    March 2026 £38000, interest of £5.22 per day
    July 2026 mortgage of £34,000 and interest of £4.97 per day
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