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It's harder for FTB's

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  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    ess0two wrote: »
    Hard,Harder either way,its never been easy.

    Yer, and like chucky says, can buy cheaper now than in 2006. Forget the actual problems associated, forget it's harder, it's always been hard right, so this thread is just noise, waffle etc.

    The point is, FTB's just don't know how darn lucky they are.
  • ess0two
    ess0two Posts: 3,606 Forumite
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    Yer, and like chucky says, can buy cheaper now than in 2006. Forget the actual problems associated, forget it's harder, it's always been hard right, so this thread is just noise, waffle etc.

    The point is, FTB's just don't know how darn lucky they are.


    Probably is just noise,99% of the population dont subscribe to this place,and graph every price rise and drop.
    They just seem to get on with it.
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  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    ess0two wrote: »
    Probably is just noise,99% of the population dont subscribe to this place,and graph every price rise and drop.
    They just seem to get on with it.

    LOL. How much further can we get from the actual point of the op?
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    The Bank of Mum and Dad can't go on for ever. Especially not when we mostly feel 31,000 poorer than last year. And I suspect those than can cough up tens of thousands for their kids are feeling poorer than that.

    How much tax are Mum and Dad going to be paying next year, and the year after that?
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    Yer, and like chucky says, can buy cheaper now than in 2006. Forget the actual problems associated, forget it's harder, it's always been hard right, so this thread is just noise, waffle etc.

    The point is, FTB's just don't know how darn lucky they are.

    not everyone can and will be able to buy, afford or qualify to buy a house.

    it's the way it is unfortunately - either you go with it or wait to the next HPC and hopefully buy or moan that it's not fair. quite simple choices really.
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    not everyone can and will be able to buy, afford or qualify to buy a house.
    .

    So is it right then, that people should be repossessed if they can't keep up with their mortgage payments ?
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    nearlynew wrote: »
    So is it right then, that people should be repossessed if they can't keep up with their mortgage payments ?

    why should it be right?

    you obviously think that families should be repossessed and lose their home.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    chucky wrote: »
    not everyone can and will be able to buy, afford or qualify to buy a house.

    it's the way it is unfortunately - either you go with it or wait to the next HPC and hopefully buy or moan that it's not fair. quite simple choices really.

    Thanks chucky for that bit of wisdom. Again, nothing to do with the OP, or indeed even anything I said, but something to revert to when in need I guess :D
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    Thanks chucky for that bit of wisdom. Again, nothing to do with the OP, or indeed even anything I said, but something to revert to when in need I guess :D

    you've obviosuly chosen your argument
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  • Gorgeous_George
    Gorgeous_George Posts: 7,964 Forumite
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    edited 23 September 2009 at 8:49PM
    As a BTLer with just one property to let, I do not care how many FTBers return to the market.

    I just need one family to want my property and, at the moment, I could let it ten times over. With a rising population and a trend towards more single occupancy homes I'm confident that my property will be required for many years to come.

    GG
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