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Mortgage Free.......When???
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i will be 49 as im just remortgaging over a 15 year term, hopefully i will be able to knock 2 or 3 years off this with overpayments?
i owe 57k now, £455 per month over 15 years.........wish i could win the lotto to pay it off, but im not that lucky !!!!!!!!!!!0 -
sadly by the time i am 50...am 32yrs now!!!! Unless anything drastic happens that is!Mortgage free 04/03/2025. Thanks to this site and lots of overpayments bit by bit.
Next stop: house repairs, holiday fund, replace our very old cars, more financial security/early retirement savings.🤞0 -
Well I think I will be the oldest, I will be 63 and my DH will be 68. 22 years to go, had a mortgage for 20 years previously. I will have to stop extending it.
Just started overpaying it now by £20 per month.Dec, Nokia E71 | Mar, Senseo CM |0 -
i was 39 and my wife was 37 ... determined to do it by 40, and did!0
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45ish
37 now, same for the mrs.
Lots of variables before then.... like poss 2 starting uni so will have to see how overpayments hold up in 18 months time when first one would be due to go.0 -
I'm 25 now and OH 22. Hopefully be MF when i'm 36 and she 33. Long, long, long way to go though. £104000 :eek:0
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I'm currently 38. Want to clear mortgage by 12/12/12 which will mean I'll finally be mortgage free aged 42.
FB.Mortgage and debt free. Building up savings...0 -
I am hoping to clear the mortgage by the time I am 42, that is the plan anyway, I am 35 now with about £70K to pay off. Could achieve a quicker result if my wife goes back to work f/t sooner than she planned - currently on maternity leave, and the plan is not to return to work for maybe 3 years.0
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49 - we hope:money:0
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I was hoping to pay it off before I was 40(34 now),but I will probably by 44 and OH will be 49.
Unless I win the lottery of have a massive pay rise lol.
about 40,000 left.Mfit member no 13 original balance £44000 :mad:
current Mortgage balance 13537:T0
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