Britons forced in to 'modern day slavery' by soaring house prices!!

Addiscomber

Has there ever been a time when the majority of people haven't been slaves to their jobs in order to provide for their family?

wifeforlife

Generali wrote: »

You get an index linked pension I assume. And you don't get the boot if the company's doing badly.

I was in a Fantasy Cricket league with a civil servant. He found the time at work each week to ring round all 18 counties to see who was playing well or badly, who was going to be picked etc. At least he bought me a pint with his winnings.

Civil Servants do ok in other areas than just salary.

Oh I agree completely, I get flexi time and public holidays are good, but the low wages and the !!!!!! from private sector workers is hard to take. I work in Northern Ireland where the civil service is massive and overly employed in my opinion, but I do take my job so seriously. In my office we dont make personal calls and we're so busy all the time, it's those egits in other offices I find give the rest of us a bad name. But thats for another thread lol

Regards housing though, I personally cant begrudge anyone who owns, even my parents. They say to me all the time oh we bought our house on the wage your own (my mum is a civil servant too). Mortgage was £55k on two wages and it was a struggle then, but I'm all for waiting. I dont mind renting and have done for 3 years now because I refuse to pay more than double the price for a house. Unfortunately people !!!!!! happens

I think the article is as usual with the daily mail a tad OTT but it reflects the current feeling with non home owners at the present time

Cate

wifeforlife

Forgot to add that I still dont think anyone has a right to own a property over anyone else. I dont care what job you do, everyone is a cog in a wheel and their job is important to them, housing affordability shouldnt be based on it

Cate

Gold_Shogun

Guy_Montag wrote: »

Gah - if I could I'd just get knocked up & live off the state for the rest of my life.

Don't worry, Guy, it would never come to that .... You'd make too much money from the film rights (plus the Gay book royalties from "How to become pregnant in one {not so} easy lesson") to be eligible to live off the state ! :rolleyes:

A_Fool_&_His_Borrowed_Mon

Britons forced in to 'modern day slavery' by soaring house prices!!

The Banks are laughing all the way to the, err, Bank.

Seriously, why else do they encourage high prices, it boosts their profits massively from all the debt people take on!

zappahey

Melissa177 wrote: »

Public sector pay has risen dramatically - but not enough in some areas for people to buy their own houses.

Has it? As a public sector worker, I'd like to see it

Running_Horse

sal-ad_daze wrote: »

Include subsidised homes for key workers in all areas to enable people who work in vital but low paid jobs the chance to own DECENT homes in DECENT areas.

My daughter has just qualifed as a teacher and starts her first job in September, there is no way on this earth she can afford her first home. She's stuck throwing money away on a rented flat where her home is not her own because she's restircted by the LL rules.

I'll stop there before I get on my soapbox and that's not good on a first post!

Your subsidised housing schemes helps fuel the bubble by forcing up prices for everyone else. What is a low paid key worker anyway? The bus driver on £6 an hour? The bar worker on £5.50? What is so special about teachers and nurses who enjoy pensions the rest of us can only dream of? Everyone deserves affordable housing, not just an elite in the public sector. I spend 12 hour nightshifts scraping stinking sludge out of a centrifuge so you can have medicine. Am I not a key worker?

wacko911

It seems there are quite a lot of people 'waiting' (not out of choice usually) to buy when the price is right. The problem with that is, as soon as house prices do start to drop, there will be oddles of buyers ready to keep the market afloat!

There must be a solution... time will tell. Rising intrest rates do not really help the FTB either, whats the point in houses prices crashing to 50k (yea rite!), when the intrest rate is 20%.... I still couldnt afford it!

Maybe the bird flu could solve all our problems. (well those who survive)

Madjock

noone has a "right" to buy a property, renting isn't "dead" money. When you buy a new pair of shoes, is the £20 you've spent dead money? Would you rather go barefoot than fritter your money away on shoes? Rent is a roof over your head. And !!!!!! is wrong with living in a working class area?

Guy_Montag

wacko911 wrote: »

It seems there are quite a lot of people 'waiting' (not out of choice usually) to buy when the price is right. The problem with that is, as soon as house prices do start to drop, there will be oddles of buyers ready to keep the market afloat!

Why would I buy if prices are cropping at 20% a year? After all, for the same money I'll be able to get a 20% bigger house next year