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FTB's End Hibernation, Return To Market...

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  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    I'm confused. What article was from 1993? The article in Hamish's OP is full of details about the budget changing the stamp duty threshold for FTBs and is very specific to 2010.

    An article in a completely different thread.

    Graham's got a dose of foot-in-mouth disease again.;)
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  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
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    edited 7 April 2010 at 4:59PM
    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    It's changed now.

    It was a 1993 article before. Referring to 1994 etc.

    Now it's just the title thats wrong. Says "FTB's come out of hibernation". The article talks about how the FTB COULD come out of hibernation, maybe.

    No Graham.......

    It's just you getting confused again.

    1993 thread..... http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2386869
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  • Graham_Devon
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    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    An article in a completely different thread.

    Graham's got a dose of foot-in-mouth disease again.;)

    So I have!

    I even had to bloody well thank you then! Times are bad.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    MadnessOfHPC wrote: »
    Just what my local EA advised today that FTB are returning to the market. He's never been busier and enjoying what he called a 'mini-autumn-boom'.
    You do seem to be spending rather a lot of time with your local estate agent, are you his stalker?
  • nollag2006
    nollag2006 Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    Around my way, there are an awful lot more FTBs suddenly coming onstream which has to be a good thing
  • brit1234
    brit1234 Posts: 5,385 Forumite
    MadnessOfHPC wrote: »
    Just what my local EA advised today that FTB are returning to the market. He's never been busier and enjoying what he called a 'mini-autumn-boom'.

    That is strange as it has been widely published that the September revival never happened and Coogan of the CML is saying high deposits are preventing ftb entering the market.

    Madness do you live in Aberdeen by any chance? ;)
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  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    nollag2006 wrote: »
    Around my way, there are an awful lot more FTBs suddenly coming onstream which has to be a good thing



    They have obviously been attracted by the falling prices
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  • ukcarper
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    !!!!!!_face wrote: »
    Whilst flippant, you successfully underpin point regarding the lack of fairness of those who have profited from inflated property prices.

    That goes for baby boomers, so-called property developers and estate agents too by the way. It's all unearned paper "wealth" based on speculation and laziness.

    And most people don't want a Porsche.

    In fact, most people might like to buy a home just like their parents were able to.

    Your parody of the frustration experienced by the disenfranchised young is yet another "let them eat cake" rant.

    How long has it taken you to realise life isn’t fair. I am a dreaded boomer and I know I was lucky to be born when I was. I would much rather have been born 30 years later than 30 or 50 years earlier. If your talking about fair you could have been born in a country where your main concern was having clean water to drink.
  • Pimperne1
    Pimperne1 Posts: 2,177 Forumite
    nearlynew wrote: »
    They have obviously been attracted by the falling prices

    By what measure do you see prices falling - most of the indices are still showing month on month positive.
  • System
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    Pimperne1 wrote: »
    By what measure do you see prices falling - most of the indices are still showing month on month positive.

    He means asking prices on the naerlynew index.
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