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A question for the regulars planning to buy houses

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  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    sjaypink wrote: »
    but the (cheap) houses here are still around £130-150

    oh dear :cool:

    Hey, that's affordable. Did you not know?

    You are missing the party boat.
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    I was hoping to buy this year, expecting my first :T, and in full nesting mode. We have a deposit together, and a mortgage in principle from HSBC. There are properties that are just within reach. My husband calls them rabbit hutches, but I just say come on Big Bunny lets make it our home. He used to laugh at this and hug me, but now he just seems depressed all the time. He spends a lot of time on MSE and has discovered a guru called Graham something and follows his every word. Apparently now is not the time to buy as they are going to continue dropping.

    I tell him that Mrs. Chucky up the road says they are going to rocket and we will miss the boat if we don't get a shift on. No way do I want our first born to be brought up in rented accomodation. OH says if it was good enough for Jesus it's good enough for us.
  • sjaypink
    sjaypink Posts: 6,740 Forumite
    mewbie, STOP IT NOW!

    i am p1ssing myself here:rotfl:
    We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Jung

  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Unemployment will reach 6 million in this country in a few years, so I wouldn't rush into anything.

    Affordability is a constantly moving target.
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • sjaypink
    sjaypink Posts: 6,740 Forumite
    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    You are missing the party boat.
    trust me if theres a party im there, just fashionably late ;)
    We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Jung

  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    sjaypink wrote: »
    hey pn! i thought i was the only one with a list around here!

    whos your top 5? ;)

    I don't know ... I was relying on the Members' Photos (not Member Photos) .. but they weren't prolific. I'm as shallow as anything, so holding out for something tangible (copies of bank statements + 3 good photos)
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I don't know ... I was relying on the Members' Photos (not Member Photos) .. but they weren't prolific. I'm as shallow as anything, so holding out for something tangible (copies of bank statements + 3 good photos)

    That's somewhat unfair to us hip greenies who don't actually have statements. :cry:
  • Afriend_2
    Afriend_2 Posts: 476 Forumite
    edited 14 September 2009 at 9:11PM
    Bored_Poster wrote: »
    I've written that first sentence so many times whenever I read it on someone elses post it always arouses suspicion. Where the hell has my photo thread gone? Boo !!

    They moved it. Its now in the arms and 14 year old girls are posting scantily clad images on it.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    I think mewbie is secretly a famous scriptwriter. Oh how we'll laugh when we find out.

    We're all characters in his next 12-part comedy series. Hey - mewbs, I can play myself.... only I can deliver my lines correctly.
  • sjaypink
    sjaypink Posts: 6,740 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I'm as shallow as anything
    me too, so the 'member' photos are fine by me :D
    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    That's somewhat unfair to us hip greenies who don't actually have statements. :cry:

    aww, true. dont like to discriminate so just sent us your internet banking details
    We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Jung

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