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Home Buying has Peaked.
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Please tell me why I would sell my house AFTER it's fallen in value. It would make sense for me to sell it BEFORE it's fallen in value (so I could rent somewhere and then buy my old house back once it's bottomed out). But I'd need to be Mystic Meg to do that. It makes more sense for me to sit tight, surely? It's not like stocks and shares - I can sell them and turn them into something else (gold, cash). But I need to live somewhere!0
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Please tell me why I would sell my house AFTER it's fallen in value. It would make sense for me to sell it BEFORE it's fallen in value (so I could rent somewhere and then buy my old house back once it's bottomed out). But I'd need to be Mystic Meg to do that. It makes more sense for me to sit tight, surely? It's not like stocks and shares - I can sell them and turn them into something else (gold, cash). But I need to live somewhere!
To some degree you're right - but not everyone has the luxury of choosing when to sell - some people have it forced upon them.
Plus it does make sense to attempt to be Mystic Meg, owing to the huge numbers involved. If you can make the equivalent of a year or 2's salary in cash just by renting for a short time, then it can be tempting proposition.
Not for everyone, I agree with you.
But I don't think anyone's suggesting everyone will do it - just an increasing number.0 -
As people on here keep saying equity/capital are nit the same thing and equity will not prevent you from getting benifits
No, of course not if it's tied up. But if it's capable of providing you with a reasonable lifestyle, it can be released - at which point it will prevent benefits from being claimed.0 -
How do you differentiate between unable and unwilling though?You can't.
Thanks carol
....... And there is legislation around what is possible and what is not. What sort of a state/political system would we need to move into before legislation could be introduced which would enforce people's spending, saving and self-sufficiency throughout life? 
Not possible!0 -
No, of course not if it's tied up. But if it's capable of providing you with a reasonable lifestyle, it can be released - at which point it will prevent benefits from being claimed.
Yes if that lifestyle is better than being on benifits that would be a good idea. All I was saying was that owning your own house does no stop you getting benefits0
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