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  • Hi Pawlala,
    Thank you for taking over. I hope Hiddenshadow is well.
    Outstanding mortgage: £23,181 (December 19)
    MFW 2020 Challenge Member #10 0/£2318
  • Cherryfudge
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    Thank you for stepping in Pawlala - that's an impressive total of conquered mortgages!

    If you're in touch with hiddenshadow, please pass on all these good wishes people keep sending - and I for one quite understand it will take a while to wade through all our posts.
    I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)

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  • pawlala
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    Hello may I please join the thread? We bought our house last summer and we love it! We have started to make overpayments to the mortgage to try and pay it off a bit quicker - but my goodness it seems like such a huge task! We are trying to save up to get a new kitchen too and I'm not sure what is best use of the money - overpaying or saving for the kitchen!? Or a combination of the two? We are remortgaging in March next year so trying to drop down a LTV band before then, which is a good incentive! Thanks, Claire.
    You're in at #161

    What's your target?
  • pawlala
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    starnac wrote: »
    Hi Is it too late to join this? We have just started taking overpaying our mortgage seriously and keeping track every month would be a great incentive.
    You're in at #182 - enjoy! What's you're 2018 target?
  • beanielou
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    Pawlala ~~. Big thanks to you.
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  • pawlala
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    2018 MFW #138
    £72 payment today 01/07/18
    Total to date £2937/£6500 = 45.1%
    Please let me know only your final totals for each months, unless your post tells me the cumulative total for the month your OPing in :)
  • Cherryfudge
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    Wow - that was quick! Thank you. Enjoy your cocoa and footie. :)
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  • julicorn
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    That was so quick! Thank you pawlala :heart2:
    Original mortgage: December 2017, £203,495
    MFW start: April 2018, £201,800
    Mortgage neutral: September 2022, mortgage redeemed: December 2022
    New house, new mortgage: December 2022, £276,007
    Current balance: £217,800 minus £8,300 overpayment savings pot
  • jackieblack
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    pawlala wrote: »
    Thread / spreadsheet up-to-date. :coffee: :footie:

    That's brilliant! Many thanks :beer:
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    MFW #4 OPs (offset): 2018 £866.89, 2019 £1322.33, 2020 £1337.07,
    2021 £1250.00, 2022 £1500.00, 2023 £1500
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