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Rents Continue Rising
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Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »Back on topic, my rent has not gone up.
How long have you been in this rented property?
Many landlords only adjust rent between tenants as they understand the value of a good tenant.:wall:
What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
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Last flatshare I was in before buying, my rent never went up and actually went down £20 a month after the first year. However I suspect its now gone back up again.0
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HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Never seems to be a problem for the travelers.
Pitch your tent/caravan, live there for a few weeks, get moved on, repeat process.
Hamish's answer to extreme housing costs - if you cant afford it you should get a caravan and become a travellor.
Thanks Hamish. I never realised I could do this! Solves all my problemsI am not a financial expert, and the post above is merely my opinion.:j0 -
I've been there for over two years and I'm a she. I think the landlord likes having a tenant who keeps the garden immaculate. I can't understand the rubbish-strewn, weed-choked front gardens I walk past on my road. Why pay more for a garden flat and then watch it turn into an ugly jungle?They are an EYESORES!!!!0
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There are many posts from those who like to simplify the world and say that market movements that favour them are pure and simple "market forces".
These same wise sages like to forget or gloss over the fact that the biggest financial bailout in human history is responsible for keeping banks and the housing market operating "normally".
The lack of purity there is regarded as a separate matter and it must not be inferred that this has had any affect whatsoever on the state of the UK housing market.0 -
Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »Back on topic, my rent has not gone up.
The plural of data is not anecdote.“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 -
These same wise sages like to forget or gloss over the fact that the biggest financial bailout in human history is responsible for keeping banks and the housing market operating "normally".
And of course Ireland had no bailout at all.
Nor did the USA.
Financial bailouts, QE, ZIRP, bank liquidity schemes, help for homeowners, all of that is 100% applicable only to the UK housing market and never appeared anywhere else where prices are tanking.
Good to know.“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 -
There are many posts from those who like to simplify the world and say that market movements that favour them are pure and simple "market forces".
These same wise sages like to forget or gloss over the fact that the biggest financial bailout in human history is responsible for keeping banks and the housing market operating "normally".
The lack of purity there is regarded as a separate matter and it must not be inferred that this has had any affect whatsoever on the state of the UK housing market.
Actually if you look back into history, the levels of owner occupancy we currently have are abnormal and private rental is the norm.
I expect you won't like that answer.0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »And of course Ireland had no bailout at all.
Thats funny I could swear ireland was an island too.
Its not like they're making any more land you know.
Funny how that "demand" failed to stop prices tanking.
Just as it did here.
Still, I liked your straw man argument though.0 -
Funny how that "demand" failed to stop prices tanking.
Just as it did here.
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Funny how the prices here stopped falling and bounced back quickly, just like they di.... No, wait.
That's right, Ireland is still falling.:rotfl:“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
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