Millions give up on owning property

SandC

Bulls, homeowners, scum, benefits? Not many homeowners on benefits, has to be said, but hey...

geneer

Joeskeppi wrote: »

I answered the question perfectly, no dodging there.

And, I'm not a bull, because I think prices will stagnate.

By which you of course mean house prices will keep track with inflation. Which in this climate is actually bullish.


By the same token of course the soft landing was bullish.
It was a bullish invention by bullish VIs trotted out by the bullish
to assist in their bullish arguments.

Until of course house prices crash, and then of course no bull ever predicted a soft landing, because thats not, like, rising prices or anything.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Semantic flim flam.

If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck.....its a bull.

geneer

debtistheft wrote: »

Another Bull, rushes in to help dodge the question.

Why are housing bulls on here. What do they care about house pirces if they have already bought and house prices are such a good investment. Do they buy TV sets and then go on and on and on about how TV sets forums and tell people how great TV is?

Actually a fair question.
The responses are naturally bizarre.

Ranging from the "working selflessly to save the unknowing from bear propoganda" to Hamishes bonkers "I hate bears, I hate em, I hate em, I hate em wah wah wah".

ukcarper

Joeskeppi wrote: »

I answered the question perfectly, no dodging there.

And, I'm not a bull, because I think prices will stagnate.

Unless you mean the the no-brain version of the term as in wanting something to happen. But... you want them to rise, so it can't be that either.

Wow, this is awkward. It's like you tried to make the most embarassing post ever (not counting B Blank, natch)

Like you I wouldn’t consider myself a bull and also think that prices will stagnate so as that will make them fall in real terms I must be a bear.

Just read the rest of thread definitely not a bull I live in Surrey.

debtistheft

geneer wrote: »

By which you of course mean house prices will keep track with inflation. Which in this climate is actually bullish.


By the same token of course the soft landing was bullish.
It was a bullish invention by bullish VIs trotted out by the bullish
to assist in their bullish arguments.

Until of course house prices crash, and then of course no bull ever predicted a soft landing, because thats not, like, rising prices or anything.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Semantic flim flam.

If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck.....its a bull.

Exactly. At last some sense in here.

debtistheft

geneer wrote: »

Actually a fair question.
The responses are naturally bizarre.

Ranging from the "working selflessly to save the unknowing from bear propoganda" to Hamishes bonkers "I hate bears, I hate em, I hate em, I hate em wah wah wah".

A fair question and one that has been repeatedly dodged. I also love the way I provide proof to back up the amount of money people spend on moving and the amount of times people move and all the bulls can come back with is "Well, that's not my experience so you are wrong and so is the Abbey and so are all other reports that don't paint a perfect picture of home ownership that fits exactly what I'm saying".

Idiots.

new_home_owner_3

I think people have given up hope of owning a property as the banks have just made to hard for them to get a good deal that they can afford.

Three or four years ago i suspect a lot of first time buyers had saved 5 percent deposits and where ready to buy, they had probably been saving for years, and if you have to pay rent and save its very hard.

Then all of a sudden banks want massive deposits to even get a mortgage, so this puts them in a postion they cant buy and have either got to save more or carry on renting.

In the meantime rents have gone up, only now we are starting to see mortgages for 5 or 10 percent deposits but the rates are really high.

I know its a higher risk lending to people wth lower deposits, but the simple fact is the housing market will not improve for first time buyers unless the banks relax their lending criteria and give good deals for people with 5-10 percent deposits.

its all about risk, and eventually the banks will do these deals, this is my opinion, i believe if the banks dont act on this, they will be struggling to get new mortgage customers through their doors.