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Bears entering the market?

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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Davesnave wrote: »
    .....And ask about sheep fencing.

    Don't fence them in, let them run free, and bcome someone else's responsibility ;) :rotfl:
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    ad9898 wrote: »
    ...must be upto his eyeballs in BTL from 2006 I reckon.:D)...
    That SO made me laugh out loud :)
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    I'll admit to surfing RightMove looking at houses when I've got a spare 5 minutes (or hour), but I am not buying.

    I was thinking of starting a thread: "Where should I move to, to look for work, to buy a house at some future point", but then I realised .. nobody'd know.

    I do envy those who have an area/roots etc already so they know where they want/need to be.
  • zappahey
    zappahey Posts: 2,254 Forumite
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    Cannon_Fodder wrote: »
    - like that poster today who thinks they have gone into NE by £18k because some random website has given a low estimate of the value of their house...

    I'm by no means a bull on house prices but I fixed your post for you
    What goes around - comes around
  • zappahey
    zappahey Posts: 2,254 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I do envy those who have an area/roots etc already so they know where they want/need to be.

    I feel your pain. I'm sorely tempted by a deal here at 2.75%, with a 5.5% cap but, to buy a house here is an implicit acceptance that we're here for the long run and I'm not sure I'm ready for that. :o
    What goes around - comes around
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I do envy those who have an area/roots etc already so they know where they want/need to be.

    Where are your family based?
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • ShelleyC_2
    ShelleyC_2 Posts: 1,500 Forumite
    I'm settled and where I want to be for the next 25+ yrs of my life so I'm looking but very little is coming on the market and still not dropped to realistic prices. So I'll continue to rent. If my dream house comes up and they accept a reasonable offer then I'll buy!

    The house I came closest to buying has finally sold 15 months later. The price has just appeared on ourproperty. Its £60,000 less than I'd offered :eek: Quite glad that didn't go through :rotfl:
    Looking for the perfect home and saving to make becoming a MFW easier
    MFiT3 48103/50000 Saved So Far :j
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I do envy those who have an area/roots etc already so they know where they want/need to be.

    I understand that.

    We were narrowing down on area to be between London and my parents...but now they say they want to come with us it may open a bit more flexibilty, which sounds easier but makes it harder.
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    edited 4 August 2009 at 7:39PM
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Is it people stopping others buying, or people giving sound advice in very uncertain times?

    .

    Considering one of the poster I saw was saying on this site they were looking at a house but it was more than they wanted to pay at the moment. They then posted on the buying side that prices were going to go down in an area for the next 1-2 years without question!

    Just smacked a bit hypocritical.

    How can any of us say we are offering sound advice? (we do not know the people posting.)

    Going back to the the "no one knows we are here because we moved" but these are users who had used this perticular board.

    Also you have to log on to post.:confused:
  • the_ash_and_the_oak
    the_ash_and_the_oak Posts: 1,636 Forumite
    the best advice does not suggest, it questions
    Prefer girls to money
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