Paying off the mortgage

[AntoinetteCosway]

Has anyone paid off their mortgage early? Ours is a 30 year term, taken out last year, and we've worked out that with some serious hard work we could pay it off in 7 years. Everyone I mention this to in real life (well, two friends and my mother-I don't talk finances with that many people!) looks at me like I'm mental.

We're not mental are we? We'll save over £80k in interest and be debt free before 40. It'll be hard work for the next 6 years but worth it-right?! I keep thinking we must be missing something massive or why wouldn't everyone overpay whatever they could...especially while savings rates are so low...right?

As I said, because we wanted to have a monthly repayment that was low enough for us to cover with one salary in case one of us lost our jobs; while we are both working we can afford to pay more but we don't want to bank on that always being the case.

You could reduce the term and not face early repayment charges.

yes, reducing the term might also help, now that you've paid a good deal off.
Just reducing our first mortgage from 20 years to 18 meant huge savings overall for about an extra £15 a month. Worth calculating.