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George Osborne expected to use Budget to offer raft of help to boost housing market
james_toney
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Second-time buyers to be offered 95% mortgages by Osborne in desperate bid to boost housing market
NewBuy scheme which means buyers only need a 5% deposit to be extended
George Osborne expected to use Budget to offer raft of help to boost housing market
Average age of a first-time buyer is 33, rising to 41 for so-called second-steppers
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NewBuy scheme which means buyers only need a 5% deposit to be extended
George Osborne expected to use Budget to offer raft of help to boost housing market
Average age of a first-time buyer is 33, rising to 41 for so-called second-steppers
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Ex HPC fool
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First time buyers should be exempt from Stamp Duty. That would help.Faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.0
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james_toney wrote: »Second-time buyers to be offered 95% mortgages by Osborne in desperate bid to boost housing market
I know he is rich, but that is gonna cost a few bob :eek:'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'0 -
1500 purchasers under new buy seems like a roaring success.
Builders lobbying again.
I do like this graph.
How does this show a collapse? Average 1500 units with drops during the winter? Flat and turgid maybe.
"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »1500 purchasers under new buy seems like a roaring success.
Builders lobbying again.
I do like this graph.
How does this show a collapse? Average 1500 units with drops during the winter? Flat and turgid maybe.
The preceding 10 years would be interesting0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »1500 purchasers under new buy seems like a roaring success.
Builders lobbying again.
I do like this graph.
How does this show a collapse? Average 1500 units with drops during the winter? Flat and turgid maybe.
Did you post the wrong graph? Because this one is showing £ million, not units.0 -
“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.”
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love this line,
A Government source said: ‘Housing will be key to this Budget – we want to give as much support as we can to the whole sector.’Ex HPC fool0 -
“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”0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »1500 purchasers under new buy seems like a roaring success.
So more a 'toothpick' than a 'prop' then....“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”0 -
This news has gone down like a cup of cold sick over on HPC....We love Sarah O Grady0
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