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If we vote for Brexit what happens
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It's an interesting thread reading so many different views. Some think wait, others disagree.
Personally I think it's the house that trumps all other options. If you find a house you like and you get that feeling as soon as you enter and you know it's the one, well that's decided it and I'll do whatever I can to secure it, including offering more than I normally would to make sure I get it. Whatever is happening in the market I'm not going to hold off buying the house that ticks nearly all the boxes. I can't understand people who have pulled out just because of the vote result. It's hard enough to find a house these days without problems such as rights of way, shared bits, planning issues, restrictive covenants, condition, good area...and one that you like! It's exhausting.
Extremely silly advice IMO. If you are Brad Pitt, Clooney, Robbie Williams or some rich but very thick footballer it doesn`t matter if economic reality comes knocking on the door of the house you "just had to have", you just take the hit and move on to a new film or contract or crap single to make up the loss. For average people though making the wrong decision now will be life changing IMO.0 -
Boeing announces 2000 jobs in the UK, FTSE 20% up on February, FTSE 250 recovering nicely. Invest in Britain, forget the lumbering EU corpse0
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Spidernick wrote: »To be fair, I think a lot of currency speculators have done quite well out of this mess!

What mess? This is a revolution, and absolutely necessary, perfect for the world now. Honestly you will come to see we were so right to grasp the nettle and lead.
Why do people not see just how ill suited the EU leviathan is to prosperity? Can I ask you to just try and see the argument from the other side with open eyes.0 -
When you say -mayonnaise wrote: »There aren't winners or losers in this.
And then follow it up with -We all lost.
I wonder who the slow minded one really is.0 -
mayonnaise wrote: »I already said it before and I'll say it again for the slow minded on here. There aren't winners or losers in this. We all lost.
Personally, I would have prefered a brexiteer to take over the reigns, it would have been fun to watch them crash and burn during the coming self-induced depression.
And stop the name calling and quote altering, it's borderline claptonesque.
Indeed.....0 -
Boeing announces 2000 jobs in the UK, FTSE 20% up on February, FTSE 250 recovering nicely. Invest in Britain, forget the lumbering EU corpse
Well if you offer a multinational a great deal on a vacant bit of Scotland and offer then a large contract from the UK government, its not surprising they would create jobs here, probably a condition of the contract.Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.0 -
Conrad can you change your picture thingy please it's a bit unnerving thinking that behind each username is a real personLeft is never right but I always am.0
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Crashy_Time wrote: »
Yes, no one wants to live in areas like The Grange in Edinburgh...You end up like Crashy spending over 10 years ... in areas no-one else wants to live,
You're the one who told us of all the empty flats in your neighbourhood! So it can't be all that desirable...
Crashy_Time wrote:There are empty flats in my block and surrounding streets of central Edinburgh.Every generation blames the one before...
Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years0 -
This is the same old rubbishy you've been spounting for years. If there was enough property to satisfy demand then prices would be a lot lower. As people can not borrow as much now as they could before the banking crisis how come they have boomed over the last couple of years.Crashy_Time wrote: »That was kind of my point. Assets which previously were bought on lower salaries that now need much higher salaries to buy is pure Ponzi economics, nothing has changed in the asset (conservatory plonked on the back maybe) just the debt fuelled value. What many people don`t seem to understand is that some EZ banks are about to go pop, and this is going to lead to a new credit crunch. People on high salaries who buy expensive houses that previous generations bought cheaply are just being gamed by the financial system. Many are going to regret taking the sort of Buy Buy advice that used to be prevalent on here IMO.0 -
Even if the rooms he has been renting have been OK who wants to rent a room for 15 to 20 years especially if the rent they have paid over that time would have bought a flat.MobileSaver wrote: »You're the one who told us of all the empty flats in your neighbourhood! So it can't be all that desirable...
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