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pay off overdraft or save first?

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  • happytails
    happytails Posts: 1,554 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    just had a look at the online banking statement and the interest amount paid out at the start of this month was £8.99
    DFW Total £21,800 to clear by Dec 2022
    MFW Total £184,950 £179,066 to clear by 2035
  • marshall2k
    marshall2k Posts: 206 Forumite
    So that £700 debt is costing you over £100 a year
    Let's say you put the £700 pounds in Kaupthing Edge savings account at 6.5%. That will earn you around £40 (don't know tax facts so that's an estimate).

    So pay off the overdraft!
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