Where Are They Now?

mumps

OMG! I bought at the height of the boom, two years later needed to sell and made hardly a penny even though the house had been improved (new kitchen and bathroom, re-wired etc) and decorated. Oh hang on that was 1973, the house cost me £5,200, now selling for £150,000+ (some went for £180,00 about 18 months two years ago.) Moved on to a bigger house, had a home for the last 36 years, mortgage paid off long ago. I suppose I could have sold for more a year or two ago but all in all I can't complain.

geoffky

"do not cast your pearls amongst swine lest they trample them and then turn on you":rotfl::rotfl:

StevieJ

geoffky wrote: »

"do not cast your pearls amongst swine lest they trample them and then turn on you":rotfl::rotfl:

I suppose if are a bear who joined before the market started to drop, was that about Aug 07?, you have at least one leg to stand on

Cleaver

geoffky wrote: »

YOU FOOL ... THE SPECIFIC HOUSE HAS GONE FROM 279K TO 229K AND INTEREST EARNED FROM BANK =70K...I KNOW WHAT HOUSE I WANT AND SO FAR I HAVE SAVED MYSELF 70K :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I completely agree with you Geoff.

This time two years ago I really had my eye on 20,000 fantastic Royal Bank of Scotland shares. They were perfect for me: nice dividend, lovely share certificate, nice tracker on Google. But fools were buying them for £6 a share in some sort of inflated bank bubble. So I waited and bought my 20,000 last week for just 10p each. I've saved myself a massive £55k.

I've made so much money. Can't wait to spend my £55k on something amazing.

mewbie_2

Where Are They Now?

Seems they never really went away. Just tried new tactics of spoiling every thread with pointless nitpicking, or attacking the poster for whatever spurious reason. Creating multiple thanking buddies / dancing partners also helps it along.

Thing is, it doesn't matter anymore. There's no doubt about prices falling, or continuing to fall. About BTL being a fools gold. Mewing leading to debt despair.

Game over.

Cleaver

mewbie wrote: »

Where Are They Now?

Seems they never really went away. Just tried new tactics of spoiling every thread with pointless nitpicking, or attacking the poster for whatever spurious reason. Creating multiple thanking buddies / dancing partners also helps it along.

Thing is, it doesn't matter anymore. There's no doubt about prices falling, or continuing to fall. About BTL being a fools gold. Mewing leading to debt despair.

Game over.

Does you other logon / alias think the same?

(Just joining in the fun)

lynzpower

mystic_trev wrote: »

A few classics here!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=162741

Research the areas that you are considering. In my opinion Londons crashing right now, Ive said this elsewhere on here a) anecdotal evidence is saying that many potential tenants are able to barter down the rates of letting ( I heard of someone only last night who has a room in a houseshare on V expensive clapham common, mass victoria house, double en suite for only £350 a month- Ive never heard of rents so low here in London) b) massive amount of voids c) lots of ex BTL properties on the market in London ( particulalry smaller 1/2 bed flats) with vacant posession. those flats are no more expensive than they were when I was looking to buy about 2 years ago.

LOL me back in 06. Incidentally my mate is STILL paying 350 pcm in Clapham

StevieJ

mewbie wrote: »

Where Are They Now?

Seems they never really went away. Just tried new tactics of spoiling every thread with pointless nitpicking, or attacking the poster for whatever spurious reason. Creating multiple thanking buddies / dancing partners also helps it along.

Thing is, it doesn't matter anymore. There's no doubt about prices falling, or continuing to fall. About BTL being a fools gold. Mewing leading to debt despair.

Game over.

Good of you to own up :T Did it used to be MEWbie ?

mewbie_2

StevieJ wrote: »

Good of you to own up :T Did it used to be MEWbie ?

It's a fair cop. Went right up my @ss for a while back there.

chucky

mewbie wrote: »

Where Are They Now?

Seems they never really went away. Just tried new tactics of spoiling every thread with pointless nitpicking, or attacking the poster for whatever spurious reason. Creating multiple thanking buddies / dancing partners also helps it along.

Thing is, it doesn't matter anymore. There's no doubt about prices falling, or continuing to fall. About BTL being a fools gold. Mewing leading to debt despair.

Game over.

bad day Mewbs?