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Government HPI index reaches 9.7%, England into double digit rises

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  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    lemonjelly wrote: »
    I was born at the wrong time, in the wrong part of the country, after the boat had sailed. So I'm gonna convert me old mans shed into a compact & bijou palace!:cool:

    (Unless that is a boat I can see on the horizon coming in to dock...;))

    Going by your luck above, that boat will be going to a different port ;)
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I think another point is that FTB like us, who have waited till later to buy are buying non typical FTB houses. Most people a few years older in similar positions would have bought smaller/further/whatever sooner I think.
  • Turnbull2000
    Turnbull2000 Posts: 1,807 Forumite
    edited 13 May 2010 at 6:40PM
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Do you know who funds Post office mortgages?

    Well, I do know this was a Labour government backed scheme to 'help' first time buyers afford more.

    http://moneyfacts.co.uk/news/mortgages/post-office-to-offer-90-ltv-mortgages/

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8592974.stm
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