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  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    What happened to Carolt?
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    FTB land is 1 and 2 bed flats or terraces.

    80% of FTB-s fall in this category.

    The 20% of older FTB-s that are unassisted may want to buy something bigger. God knows they've had long enough to save up for it though....

    Of course, having failed to buy in the 90's when houses were at all time record low salary multiples, failed to buy again in the early 2000's when prices were still low and mortgages readily available, and failed to buy again in the mid 2000's when mortgages were cheap and easily available at up to 100% LTV's...... It's hard to feel much sympathy for them.

    I have not bought my first home yet.

    I was at school in the 90S.

    I Was serving my apprentiship in the early 2000s.

    I chose not to buy in the mid 2000s as house prices were a joke.

    Conclusion.....I should have got a bigger paper round.
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    ruggedtoast wrote: »
    What happened to Carolt?

    Choose from the following options:

    1. Bought a house

    2. Got caught in one of the sockpuppet sweeps

    3. Had to take a second job to cover the cost of child benefit losses

    4. Had a sex change and now posts as Jimmy31
    “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”
  • System
    System Posts: 178,377 Community Admin
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    The_Fox wrote: »
    What complete and utter rubbish, is there anything you ever post factual or true full. In the 90's along with my two sisters and friends, and the majority of my many cousins we all purchased our first and even second homes in our 20's, some even a third house.

    Not only were FTB's in there 20's common, it was the norm.

    I only just noticed this post, be an adult and apologise :)
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  • myhouse_2
    myhouse_2 Posts: 553 Forumite
    500 Posts
    We all know (and probably are a bit tired of discussing) the reasons why prices are stagnant and houses are not selling.
    We all know that house sale volumes will return to normal levels at some point.
    So the only question is who is going to give ground. Will sellers finally drop their prices from peak bubble, or will buyers get fed up renting and conjure up the money to pay these prices?
    In my view, sellers need to sell (not all of them, but some of them). These sellers set the new market levels. Buyers might be happy to pay the peak prices, but they simply can't find the money. Result - prices will come down. By how much and when are the key questions for those looking to buy/sell soon.
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    Choose from the following options:

    1. Bought a house

    2. Got caught in one of the sockpuppet sweeps

    3. Had to take a second job to cover the cost of child benefit losses

    4. Had a sex change and now posts as Jimmy31


    Weak response
  • System
    System Posts: 178,377 Community Admin
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    Jimmy_31 wrote: »
    Weak response

    Ever considered a career as a forum post reviewer?
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  • JonnyBravo
    JonnyBravo Posts: 4,103 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    ruggedtoast wrote: »
    What happened to Carolt?

    Some of the more considered posters held her to account over her hypocritical stance on child benefit and she couldn't take it.
    She's never been back.
    Can't say I miss her as we've got enough hypocrites to keep us going.
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    Joeskeppi wrote: »
    Ever considered a career as a forum post reviewer?

    Why do you ask.
  • DexterA
    DexterA Posts: 166 Forumite
    ruggedtoast wrote: »
    What happened to Carolt?

    I've read a few of her posts, she was a star. Badly missed.

    Sadly many women have given up posting on the debate boards.
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