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First-time buyers 'at fresh low'
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mystic_trev
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The number of first-time home buyers in the UK has dropped to its lowest point since 1980 as house prices soar, mortgage lender Halifax says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7156906.stm
It's no wonder the Housing markets 'stagnating'
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#1. The people that run these "sell your house and rent back" companies are generally lying thieves and are best avoided
#2. This time next year house prices in general will be lower than they are now
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Yeah, I prefer this one.Been away for a while.0
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I think they're both good.dolce vita's stock reply templates
#1. The people that run these "sell your house and rent back" companies are generally lying thieves and are best avoided
#2. This time next year house prices in general will be lower than they are now
#3. Cheap houses are a good thing not a bad thing0 -
And if it gets more replies...Been away for a while.0
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....which it has done............dolce vita's stock reply templates
#1. The people that run these "sell your house and rent back" companies are generally lying thieves and are best avoided
#2. This time next year house prices in general will be lower than they are now
#3. Cheap houses are a good thing not a bad thing0 -
...then it becomes the official one.Been away for a while.0
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Stop arguing children - it doesn't matter who won.........except that neither of you did - check out post 54 on this thread:
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mystic_trev wrote: »
A lot of people are about to find out what happens to the 'value' of property when demand / easily available credit evaporates.0 -
Curious, not that there isn't a problem for 1st time buyers, but why does the article compare avergae house price with "average income of first-time buyer households" rather than the average house price of the sort of houses bought by FTB (eg flats/2 bed terrace/fixer-uppers etc)0
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