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FTB Stress!!!
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DVardysShadow wrote: »I know 1st time I was FTB, it looked like the rest of the chain was just taking the mickey, making me hang around, but having been FTB 3 times in total, you just don't hang too much on the event coming around and you cut enough slack into your arrangements not to end up out of a home.
is it possible to be a first time buyer 3 times?? surely you're a FTB only once. The other times you are simply a buyer with no chain?0 -
shakerbaby wrote: »It's good solid sound advice.
Its your opinion, which I respect, but posters need to be aware there are a variety of widely different opinions. Also the markets does vary from area to area and in my area it is going through an ongoing Spring type of bouce and getting better now we are in September.
NOBODY ever predicts the market.
No thats wrong as half do and half don't but the frustration is, at this point, we are not sure which half to trustA retired senior partner, in own agency, with 40 years experience in property sales & new build. In latter part of career specialising in commercial - mostly business sales.0 -
There is a technical definition of FTB, which is effectively buyer with no chain, having not owned for more than a given time. Sorry, no link, but I fulfilled it. And as far as this topic goes, it is as much about being bottom of chain as about being FTB.is it possible to be a first time buyer 3 times?? surely you're a FTB only once. The other times you are simply a buyer with no chain?Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0 -
Good luck with exchange this week. I found it really helpful to have a couple of weeks still in my rented property after I'd completed on my new flat. I had time to get into the new place and clean and paint it before I moved all my stuff in so there are plus points to a bit of a delay.0
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