Natty's Kicking her Mortgage in the Pants Diary

HelenDaveKids

Rather have Brad pitt in Joe Black

nattypants

Thank you lula - you also:D I have just put on the 'living flame' fire which although looks lovely and is so cosy, costs a bliming fortune....it is very cold though and was actually SNOWING earlier on:eek:

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nattypants

HelenDaveKids wrote: »

Rather have Brad pitt in Joe Black

Or, Keanu Reeves in 'Speed' or 'Point Break', or Johnny Depp (but NOT as Willy Wonka:eek:)

BookWorm

Well hellooooooo.... did I hear someone say "Johnny Depp"... :rotfl:

Evening btw...

BW

nattypants

You can only have him as Willy Wonka BW, I have 'baggsied' the rest:D

BookWorm

:rotfl:LMAO...
As odd as his take on Willy Wonka is... just makes me think of Johnny Depp and chocolate.... just think of the fun you could have with them together!

gallygirl

nattypants wrote: »

Nah GG...VB's been there so all tainted;)

I have low standards .

nattypants

Heyyyy - you've changed your auto-signature GG! I like it:D

I might also change mine's to 'If at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried in the first place'

lulabelle1

SNOW? Omg!!!

edinburgher

I don't know if any of my Scottish buds (edinburgher / ajmoney?) listened to Radio Scotland this morning. There was an interesting report on people who are 'mortgage prisoners' - people who cannot shift provider, either due to negative equity or poor credit rating

I didn't hear that natty - we listen to Heart like a pair of soft Southern ponces :rotfl:

That said, I did read an article on the Telegraph about it and a blog posting looking at the topic. It is a shame, but there were a raft of different circumstances quoted that could have led to people being unable to move.

Emotive headline *mortgage prisoners* aside, it seemed to be a real mix of people who were entirely blameless or pretty much planned badly. I think people in the UK are emotionally anchored to the concept of the value of their home and can't accept the fact that this can go down as well as up.

Hopefully the new rules around mortgage lending will help to promote a wee bit of common sense around what we afford, expect and think of when we're buying a *home*

Rant over

Ps. Have you ever seen the figures for how many UK mortgages are interest-only? They are terrifying!