Number of FTBs increases.

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DervProf wrote: »

Ask our resident sockie detective, RenoMan......

On second thoughts, pick any number between 0 and 10, it'll be more accurate.

For the first 5 words there I thought you were going to post about something other than RM, so close!

shortchanged_2

MrRee wrote: »

CLASSIC!!

Crash_Bang_Muppet ............. spot-on!!

PMSL!!

OMG. Fair play MrRee. You are one hip granddad.

That's if your hips are still your own by the way.

karlahine

Really is this true? Where did they get that info from?? Interesting since the downturn has proved that more and more people are seeing self employment as a massive opportunity and more cost effective solution to many a businesses everywhere. Strange how the self cert is no longer available yet the increase in self emp has dramatically risen, maybe they should do a doc on that and how these self emp people could ever get a mortgage!!!

AndyGuil

karlahine wrote: »

Really is this true? Where did they get that info from?? Interesting since the downturn has proved that more and more people are seeing self employment as a massive opportunity and more cost effective solution to many a businesses everywhere. Strange how the self cert is no longer available yet the increase in self emp has dramatically risen, maybe they should do a doc on that and how these self emp people could ever get a mortgage!!!

You need to show x months of accounts, that's how it works for self employed now.

SecondLegDownIsTheBigOne

Rhetoric, such as "floodgates open" aside. There has been a sudden flash of sold stc boards go up in the area that I live (and plan to buy in), one, I noted, was a house that has been up for sale for a very long time. It remains to be seen whether or not they will translate into actual sales as I estimate that about 50% of houses that go sstc here come back up for sale with 3 months. The reason for this can only be the end of the stamp duty holiday. It's not like there's lots of money here, the biggest employer here is the RAF and they've got lots of job losses on the way.

I won't be rushing to buy, but I'll be watching closely to see what happens as soon as March is out of the way.

RenovationMan

Joeskeppi wrote: »

For the first 5 words there I thought you were going to post about something other than RM, so close!

LOL, it's like a teenage girl's crush or something! Do you reckon people at his workplace are whispering over the photocopier "Whose this 'RenovationMan' that [insert DervProf's real name] keeps ranting about? It's getting embarassing! Yesterday he was shouting something like 'He's not really got a £450k house, it's all lies I tells ya!' across the office". :rotfl:

Have you noticed that when I ignore him he only posts a couple of times per day and when I'm bored enough to engage him, it's like an avalanche of frenzied posting. I remember when I ignored him for a sustained period, he even complained to JonnyBravo that I wouldn't 'engage' with him. Even his signature is a homage to me. He's obsessed! Do you think I'll receive an e-valentines card via PM? :rotfl: :rotfl:

DervProf

RenovationMan wrote: »

Yesterday he was shouting something like 'He's not really got a £450k house, it's all lies I tells ya!' across the office". :rotfl:

I was typing nothing of the sort.

And apparently, I work in an office.

ImaginationMan. There's a more apt username.

SecondLegDownIsTheBigOne

SecondLegDownIsTheBigOne wrote: »

Rhetoric, such as "floodgates open" aside. There has been a sudden flash of sold stc boards go up in the area that I live (and plan to buy in), one, I noted, was a house that has been up for sale for a very long time. It remains to be seen whether or not they will translate into actual sales as I estimate that about 50% of houses that go sstc here come back up for sale with 3 months. The reason for this can only be the end of the stamp duty holiday. It's not like there's lots of money here, the biggest employer here is the RAF and they've got lots of job losses on the way.

I won't be rushing to buy, but I'll be watching closely to see what happens as soon as March is out of the way.

Oh dear. Just a fortnight later and already some of those houses are changing from SSTC to available. I guess a house isn't SOLD! until it is bought.

MrRee_2

SecondLegDownIsTheBigOne wrote: »

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That must be getting a really embarrassing username nowadays with housing stock all over the country being snapped up?

Graham_Devon

SecondLegDownIsTheBigOne wrote: »

I won't be rushing to buy, but I'll be watching closely to see what happens as soon as March is out of the way.

Apparently there is a new FTB scheme being set up when the stamp duty holiday ends.

So I wouldn't get your hopes up for anything significant to happen!