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  • tigtag02
    tigtag02 Posts: 6,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
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    ...<I'm counting down to the thread being locked> ~ wonder who freddywinks will blame it on this time :rolleyes:
    :heartpuls baby no3 due 16th November :heartpuls
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  • weymuffred
    weymuffred Posts: 1,260 Forumite
    kimevans wrote: »
    So you bought a house, paid the mortgage for x amount of years & sold it & the sale from the house paid the remaining mortgage less £1,500?

    You can't have had the mortgage long then?

    We had the mortgage for 7 years.
    Have you got a job yet? :think:

    NO? Then :shhh:
  • weymuffred
    weymuffred Posts: 1,260 Forumite
    tigtag02 wrote: »
    10.....

    9.....

    8.....

    ...<I'm counting down to the thread being locked> ~ wonder who freddywinks will blame it on this time :rolleyes:

    thanks for your advice, it has been so useful. :rolleyes:
    Have you got a job yet? :think:

    NO? Then :shhh:
  • milkydrink
    milkydrink Posts: 2,407 Forumite
    weymuffred wrote: »
    We had the mortgage for 7 years.

    So you paid out for 7 years & when you sold up, you still had to add £1,500 to the sale price to pay off the mortgage?

    Wouldn't it have been better to plough the money into another house (in an area you liked), that way you wouldn't be in a bad situation now?
  • tigtag02
    tigtag02 Posts: 6,857 Forumite
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    weymuffred wrote: »
    We had the mortgage for 7 years.

    when did you sell?
    :heartpuls baby no3 due 16th November :heartpuls
    TEAM YELLOW
    DFD 16/6/10
    "Shut your gob! Or I'll come round your houses and stamp on all your toys" The ONE, the ONLY, the LEGENDARY Gene Hunt :heart2:
  • tigtag02
    tigtag02 Posts: 6,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    weymuffred wrote: »
    thanks for your advice, it has been so useful. :rolleyes:


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

    fred got 'tude
    :heartpuls baby no3 due 16th November :heartpuls
    TEAM YELLOW
    DFD 16/6/10
    "Shut your gob! Or I'll come round your houses and stamp on all your toys" The ONE, the ONLY, the LEGENDARY Gene Hunt :heart2:
  • weymuffred
    weymuffred Posts: 1,260 Forumite
    kimevans wrote: »
    So you paid out for 7 years & when you sold up, you still had to add £1,500 to the sale price to pay off the mortgage?

    Wouldn't it have been better to plough the money into another house (in an area you liked), that way you wouldn't be in a bad situation now?

    We sold our house at a loss, we lost 1500 so had no money to put into anything.
    Have you got a job yet? :think:

    NO? Then :shhh:
  • weymuffred
    weymuffred Posts: 1,260 Forumite
    tigtag02 wrote: »
    when did you sell?

    2001, why?
    Have you got a job yet? :think:

    NO? Then :shhh:
  • milkydrink
    milkydrink Posts: 2,407 Forumite
    weymuffred wrote: »
    We sold our house at a loss, we lost 1500 so had no money to put into anything.

    Damn, 7 years of a mortgage & still owing money (£1,500) more money than the house is worth.
    Thats tough.
  • weymuffred
    weymuffred Posts: 1,260 Forumite
    kimevans wrote: »
    Damn, 7 years of a mortgage & still owing money (£1,500) more money than the house is worth.
    Thats tough.

    After being burgled twice, and all the other stuff, we had to get away.
    Have you got a job yet? :think:

    NO? Then :shhh:
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