Panorama - The Property Game

LillyJ

clobber wrote: »

Lilly I think I had to do a statement once for your OH's patch. I had issued someone with crutches and they were found at a murder scene...don't think they were the weapon though.

Lol I hope they weren't the murder weapon, otherwise the police did a pretty rubbish job of not catching someone on crutches!

lostinrates

Thinking abut this, the problem with this programme for me was I didn't identify with any of the case stories....although most like the VERY young man's situation I guess.

And the advice to him was vague, buy...if you want to and can get a bargain and an affordable mortgage offer, or wait if you think the market will fall a bit.....so not very decisive, no ground broken for people like me.

Captain_Mainwaring_2

scorpio_princess wrote: »

Right an' all!

I've been saying this for years. 16 year olds can leave school being able to correctly identify a metaphor (well, not all of them but that's the general aim of English lessons), tell you how rabbits procreate and can make an useless structure out of chipboard and melted pens , but they have no clue about credit cards, mortgages and all the really important things that they're going to need to know one day. Why can't the powers that be see this?? Could it be that the reason this kind of education is being denied is because there would potentially be a whole generation of people who could assess whether or not they can afford something before they buy it, and therefore fewer clueless mugs getting themselves into all kinds of financial trouble? This would surely not do for the banks and credit companies... Cynical? Moi? (I really shouldn't have read anything George Orwell wrote - it has coloured my thinking ever since!)

Most of them can't identify their own harris, actually I take that back for various reasons.

I left school knowing about interest was and how it worked - simple and compound, it used to be part of the exams then.

The only thing that the creatures leaving school now know is that Vicky Pollard has got a better mobile phone then they have so they have to bash a pensioner to get the money for one.

I just wish a few more of these thickies would permeate up to a level where they could afford some of the overpriced cr4p that I have for sale.

Snooze

I've just watched the repeat of this and yet again it was another pants programme. :rolleyes: And that's all I'm gonna say on it.

Rob

tbs624

Captain_Mainwaring wrote: »

....I left school knowing about interest was and how it worked - simple and compound, it used to be part of the exams then.

still is - GCSE maths (higher), and all teenagers should have their pocket money/monthly allowance withheld until they've checked out MSE Martin's guide http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/attachment/teen_cash_guide.pdf

Jonbvn

SquatNow wrote: »

You can't GIVE property away in japan now.

Having lived in Japan (Yokohama & Nagasaki), I must say that this statement is complete & utter sh8.:rotfl:

dopester

Jeremy Vine said at the end, with a glum face, "having just moved home myself I'm definitely hoping for a blip and not a crash."

He shouldn't have personal circumstances and hopes in to the show - because whilst it was unbiased reporting, although pretty weak documentary, you want to ensure it remains so if/when things get worse.

Weren't alarm bells ringing when you fronted a similar show about 3 months ago Jezza? The one with the fall-out from that other BBC presenter taking a huge hit on her apartment and all the people who'd bought from BTL property brochures. Couldn't you see it was just the start of the pain?