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    #11
    Originally posted by Sysman View Post
    WIFS.

    Back in early contracting days I was offered a very well paying permie job in Slough but couldn't face the place.

    And I struck lucky by not buying a place there. I could have easily ended up in a negative equity situation.

    Shudders at the thought of being trapped in Slough with a negative equity home...
    You would have been a landlord and if you had a garden or a garage - you could have done this
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #12
      Yep negative equity was a real threat

      Property values in Burnham, Berkshire, Burnham, Berkshire free current property valuations - Zoopla


      Avg. asking price in Burnham: £553,643

      Property values in Windsor, Windsor free current property valuations - Zoopla

      Avg. asking price in Windsor: £579,900

      even the Britwell isn't doing bad

      http://www.zoopla.co.uk/home-values/...rch_source=nav

      Avg. asking price in Slough: £376,919

      Average UK house price
      £238,293
      Last edited by vetran; 5 March 2013, 20:57.
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #13
        Originally posted by vetran View Post
        Yep negative equity was a real threat
        Few expected interest rates hitting rock bottom @ 0.5% . You do the math ...
        If UKIP are the answer, then it must have been a very stupid question.

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          #14
          Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View Post
          It's usually quoted as humour but ISTM that it gets better, and less funny, every time I read it.
          I didn't really mean Slough in particular, but dehumanised working and living environments in general.
          Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.

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