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Disposable income falls by £46 a month

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  • geneer
    geneer Posts: 4,220 Forumite
    You seem to be dismissing mortgage owners reducing their mortgages.
    IIRC mortgage debts was being paid off in record numbers just the other month.

    IIRC mewing had dropped significantly last month.
    Not the same think as debt being paid off.
  • MrRee_2
    MrRee_2 Posts: 2,389 Forumite
    Pathetic!!

    I could lose £46 a month down the sofa and not realise ..... get real, people!
    Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    MrRee wrote: »
    Pathetic!!

    I could lose £46 a month down the sofa and not realise ..... get real, people!

    Ok knob ed we will get straight onto that:D
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    geneer wrote: »
    Given whats occured since 2007, I'd seriously suggest that anyone who plays the "affordability" card has to spend a time out on the "didn't really think it through" step.

    What's an affordability card?

    You know when you write this stuff and in your mind it makes perfect sense? I hate to break it to you but it doesn't quite read that way.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    wotsthat wrote: »
    What did you do Daddy when all those VI's and Nimby's looked after themselves and stuck two fingers up at everyone else?

    Nothing son; what could we do? It just wasn't worth it. Had a good moan on the internet though.

    Ok, I can see the point you are making.

    But I'm baffled as to what you believe people should do?
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    Ok, I can see the point you are making.

    But I'm baffled as to what you believe people should do?

    Write to their MP. Ask why it's possible for BTL landlords to make a profit by supplying benefits claimants with housing but the government can't.

    Check local planning permissions. Submit positive comments.

    When you hear about a Nimby protest taking place against a new development turn up with placards in support of the developers.

    Never sign a Nimby petition. I once refused to sign another parents petition against a mobile phone mast. Every other parent signed it. When I said there was no evidence of childhood cancer being caused by mobile phones and we needed a better signal anyway I was lucky to escape unscathed.

    Get saving. Make sure the lack of a mortgage deposit affects someone else.

    Small things with limited effects but I always feel better when I do something.
  • geneer wrote: »
    IIRC mewing had dropped significantly last month.
    Not the same think as debt being paid off.

    You must be thinking of another article, maybe from two years ago.

    Recently there was a report showing mortgage debt repayments reaching record levels.

    No doubt you might acknowledge it in 2 years time ;)
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
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