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Actually a lot less shared ownership as there is no money for it if you see his reply to me above. :beer:
If that's the case, then builders will simply stop catering for bottom rung buyers other than investors, at least in the medium term.Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0 -
Turnbull2000 wrote: »If that's the case, then builders will simply stop catering for bottom rung buyers other than investors, at least in the medium term.
Already happened.0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »Already happened.
Then I think it's fair to describe UK housing policy as utterly disastrous. But neither Labour or Tories have the will to do anything about it. Even though prices won't rocket again any time soon, they won't be falling significantly either. This means a large proportion of younger generations trapped insecure tenancies and poor quality rented housing (with it's amateur landlords) - and we all know the Tories are absolutely against private sector rental reform.
This shower of sh*t is no better than the last!Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0 -
Dear Mr Shapps,
I bought my property in 2006 with a mortgage from the Halifax. I was only earning £14,000 at the time but the Halifax mortgage advisor told me that if I took out a self-certified mortgage I'd be able to state that my income was £60,000.
I did and this allowed me to get my foot on the property ladder to buy my 1 bedroom apartment for the £200,000 asking price. However, now my 5 year fix is about to come to an end and the Halifax no longer want me as I'm in negative equity.
What can you do to help me?
I wonder if anyone actually falls for BS like this? They would have to be as thick as the person who posted it.0 -
Yes. Mentioned a lot around 2007 too, as I recall.
How did that work out then?
That more people are having to rent......
That more people are having to look to share........
That more people are staying with their parents.......
That the FTB age is rising........
Is that enough?:wall:
What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
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Graham_Devon wrote: »
Let's take what he actually said, instead of someones VI version.Originally Posted by HAMISH_MCTAVISH
Close enough....
-Shapps clearly not interested in a crash,
-likes shared ownership as a solution,
-wants stability and prices to rise slowly,
-hpc crowd embarrassed themselves and got their frothy comments deletedThat's a false choice. What I've said is that if pricing are stable and don't regular exceed, say, average earnings then this in itself would be helpful over the long term
Does not say he wants prices to rise. He says, as long as they don't regularly exceed average earnings then this would be helpful over the long term.
Does his statement indicate he wants falls?
Remember average earnings are positive:wall:
What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
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HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »-hpc crowd embarrassed themselves and got their frothy comments deleted
If anyone embarrassed themselves it was you after you after you ran to the Housing Buying forum looking for support
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3100496
How desperate.0 -
If anyone embarrassed themselves it was you after you after you ran to the Housing Buying forum looking for support
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3100496
How desperate.
Says the man from the website that posted an almost identical thread "Looking for support".
http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=160816&st=0
How desperate.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Says the man from the website that posted an almost identical thread "Looking for support".
http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=160816&st=0
How desperate.
A) I didn't post it. How do you know im even a member?
look how many replies it got compared to your feeble attempt
C) You still pretending to care about FTB?0 -
A) I didn't post it. How do you know im even a member? look how many replies it got compared to your feeble attempt
C) You still pretending to care about FTB?
Wow - more bored people on an internet forum are interested in your thread than someone else.
Something to add to the CV I guess.0
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