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At what age did you buy your first home?
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Mid 1972 £8000 New terrace, they were £5350 at start of year and reached £11000 at end of year and would have been well out of my price range.0
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22 yrs old, £59,99, 1994
5% deposit0 -
30 years old purchased house for £48k in 2000 put a deposit of £15k.I hate migraines.0
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We bought our 1st house in 1958 for £1,825.00, they wanted £1,850.00, and we got them to knock £25.00 off which we thought was marvellous. My husband was earning £9.00 a week.
That was 3.89 times your husbands income. If I bought for 3.89 times my income my house would be £97,000!! Our deposit alone was more than that! Just shows how crazy prices are now!0 -
I was 23 (1993) bought a 2 bed flat in south london for £31000.Love many, trust few, learn to paddle your own canoe.
“Don’t have children if you can’t afford them” is the “Let them eat cake” of the 21st century. It doesn’t matter how children got here, they need and deserve to be fed.0 -
1980, Chorlton Manchester, 3 bed semi, £16950, I was 23.You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose but you can't pick your friend's nose.0
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We brought our first house in January for £159000 at ages 24 and 25.0
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Essex22011 wrote: »We brought our first house in January for £159000 at ages 24 and 25.
Where did you bring it from?You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose but you can't pick your friend's nose.0 -
We bought our first flat in 2006 for £228k at my age of 27. We are now buying a £500k 7 years later.0
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