migrants - the missing millions

[sasguru]

Well half decent family homes in my area are £450k plus.

Wow only 450. So presumably as a good engineer with 15 years experience you're on 70k, say, and you already own a house on which you have 50% ltv. So what's the problem. Perfectly affordable I would have thought

[PurpleGorilla]

So quit yer whining, you humourless gimp

You started it;

Have you ever considered the possibility that your lack of success in life is more to do with the fact that you're a cretin rather than being the fault of the baby-boomers?

[PurpleGorilla]

try 750k for 3 bed semi`s

i was going to buy a detached 3 bed place in 2008 for £260k but pulled out , now one sold for £800k couple months back

see how that makes you feel

see why my interest in working anymore has gone ??

Crazy!

Where is that?

[unemployed]

Crazy!

Where is that?

surrey london end of it

[sasguru]

You started it;

That was meant to be funny, even I don't always succeed. Anyway you haven't explained why You can't afford a 450k house. Are you saddled with debt? Paying private school fees? What?

[PurpleGorilla]

Wow only 450. So presumably as a good engineer with 15 years experience you're on 70k, say, and you already own a house on which you have 50% ltv. So what's the problem. Perfectly affordable I would have thought

Yes, yes, no - too much risk for me thanks. £2k to find a month for the mortgage. I don't want that pressure thanks.

[unemployed]

Yes, yes, no - too much risk for me thanks. £2k to find a month for the mortgage. I don't want that pressure thanks.

don`t blame you

2k a month is half that 70k wage add food bills car etc

feck that

[PurpleGorilla]

That was meant to be funny, even I don't always succeed. Anyway you haven't explained why You can't afford a 450k house. Are you saddled with debt? Paying private school fees? What?

I can afford it. But it is too much of a burden. I see an almighty crash coming. So why saddle myself and expose myself. My little mortgage and little house gives a great low risk platform to operate as a contractor.

[sasguru]

Yes, yes, no - too much risk for me thanks. £2k to find a month for the mortgage. I don't want that pressure thanks.

So in other words all this whining is because you're completely risk averse. Basically you want to Have your cake and eat it.

Do you think Boomers as you call them didn't spend 50% of their take home on houses?

Basically what you're saying is I want a big house, but (1)can't save the cash (2) don't want to borrow and (3) my parents were not successful enough.

I think even you can work out where that leaves you ....

[PurpleGorilla]

surrey london end of it

Dang. I left Surrey years ago. Hated it.