Is brit still around here or has the 8+ years he has been waiting forced him away?

neas

It's not about being wrong or right. It's about your life, waiting a couple of years to buy seems feasible but waiting 40% of a mortgage term seems daft as you clearly on the way to being mortgage free anyways.

For me I wanted to have a family and so took the plunge thinking of it dropped 15% my next house would've been cheaper anyways so just bought in... Now I have two boys and the prospect of not having a secured home with then would be daunting. Can't poor your life on hold.

Dan:_4

leveller2911 wrote: »

I don't think anyone on here predicted the Government intervention but feel free to post a link to a previous post of yous where you predicted it..

Check out my post #70 back in 2008 and the abuse I got lol

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/10105951#Comment_10105951

Dan:_4

Oh dear neverdespairgirl - post #96

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/703135

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

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neas wrote: »

He was always hanging out for 50% drops... from 2007, its now 2015 8 years later. The longer he waited the more time he could've payed off his mortgage at an insanely cheap level.

In the end the call to wait for lower house prices from 2007 was wrong, and the time to buy was 2009-2011, in my area they have started rising 10% per year. I'm not cheering on house price inflation at all because it will limit my children getting on the ladder but staying in rent for 8 years if you could've bought is a pretty silly idea in hindsight.

right move now where possible show previous sold prices for
we are looking at several areas in the north of uk for a move later this year and 90% of them are showing losses or no gains on the last 7 years,some of the asking prices are 10-15% below the previous sold prices

Loughton_Monkey

Generali wrote: »

My apologies. I could have sworn you said you were a woman.

You are usually one of the most sensitive and 'polite' people on these boards [unlike some of us].

However, I am learning (through the BBC and other vehicles) that trans-gender issues (a) are far more common these days, and (b) should be treated with sensitivity and understanding.

May I appeal to everyone here to accept that it is the right of everyone to make highly expensive financial judgement calls, get it wrong, or simply throw money down the drain because of misguided lunatic beliefs that houses might crash again. It is not simply the 'right' only of us red-blooded males to do so.

Being of mixed/dubious gender, and being totally and utterly financially illiterate are mutually exclusive.

Britannia (or Brit for short) was the Roman personification of the island of Great Britain. She probably wore underpants.

westernpromise

On the question of interest rates, there is nothing inflationary on the horizon to drive them up, and still a huge overhang of personal debt that is now the first place people put spare money. Spare money is not chasing BMWs and consumer goods and being levereged up with debt; we are now deleveraging.

For this reason I think we will see low mortgage rates until 2030 or so.

setmefree2

Generali wrote: »

She/her. Brit is a woman regardless of whether you agree or disagree with her

It seems polite to use the right pronoun if you can.

TBH I'm pretty sure Brit posted in reply to one of my posts that he was a police"man".

It is the internet who knows who anyone is....:D

MFW_ASAP

Fair play, at least Brit hasn't come on here and stated he was having everyone on and actually bought back in 2001. I still chuckle when I think back to 'Madness of Geneer' and his time travels. LOL! :rotfl:

MFW_ASAP

The person I most miss is !!!!!!? He was a laugh riot. I only needed to type three words and he'd be on here foaming at the mouth with rage, making a complete fool of himself. I heard on the grapevine that he was committed to an asylum and still calls my name as he sits in his own faeces and masterbates.

Dan:_4

MFW_ASAP wrote: »

The person I most miss is !!!!!!? He was a laugh riot. I only needed to type three words and he'd be on here foaming at the mouth with rage, making a complete fool of himself. I heard on the grapevine that he was committed to an asylum and still calls my name as he sits in his own faeces and masterbates.

He saw sense in the end and bought a house. I think it may be too late for poor old brit...