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I can't afford one local house I like so best to keep renting for a couple more years - I'd rather live in a nice rented house than tulip whole that I "own".
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That stoopid fooker's house is in SE London. So he's not going to get a buyer when it it comes to the crunch since bankers and rich foreign types don't buy there.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostBBC News - Alvin Hall: The generation poorer than their parents
"Let's take my own house [which] I bought 16 years ago for £160,000. It's in south-east London. It's now worth about £1.15m.
"So I've gained a million pound windfall to which I do not feel entitled, and that windfall, at the moment, is tax-free. Were I to sell [the house], there's no tax on that gain."
"It may appear very lucky for me, but the reality is when I sell, it will probably be to a younger person who'll be getting a mortgage and spending most of their working life paying off that windfall which went to me. I don't think that's fair."
What do you think sas? Are you weeping for the the young sheeple who'll be paying 1 or 2 million pounds when you sell up, all tax free, villa in Portugal and and a bank account full of wonga?

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And theres the problem, Timberwolf is right, there is no one at the bottom of the ladder.Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostHow the flip is she going to find a young buyer with 1.15m going spare though? Surely it's only people with houses that are buying houses at the moment?
Any first time buyer is putting their money into saving for a property but that is not making any further money because the interest is so low so it will take them longer before they can look for an affordable house unless the price comes down and the longer there are no first time buyers the more unsustainble the market becomes becuause there is no one buying the houses from the people looking to sell their house to move up
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How the flip is she going to find a young buyer with 1.15m going spare though? Surely it's only people with houses that are buying houses at the moment?Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostBBC News - Alvin Hall: The generation poorer than their parents
"Let's take my own house [which] I bought 16 years ago for £160,000. It's in south-east London. It's now worth about £1.15m.
"So I've gained a million pound windfall to which I do not feel entitled, and that windfall, at the moment, is tax-free. Were I to sell [the house], there's no tax on that gain."
"It may appear very lucky for me, but the reality is when I sell, it will probably be to a younger person who'll be getting a mortgage and spending most of their working life paying off that windfall which went to me. I don't think that's fair."
What do you think sas? Are you weeping for the the young sheeple who'll be paying 1 or 2 million pounds when you sell up, all tax free, villa in Portugal and and a bank account full of wonga?

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What are YOU waiting for?Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostYou are being paid to own a property,
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AtW isn't a commie any more, he's a bad ass capitalist now.Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostUntil the big tranche of cuts takes effect.
Anyway, being a commie AtW can't help himself - he is genetically hard-wired to rent cheap apartments!
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I like the description of UK houses as given on HPC - "tulip boxes"Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostThere has never been a better time to be in massive debt, as it puts you in the same boat as the banks and the govt, and they aren't about to make life more difficult for themselves by raising interest rates.
With rampant inflation and zero base rates and QE, we effectively have negative interest rates.
No wonder house prices are rising. You are being paid to own a property, the money coming from savers and the next generation to pay for it.
 A lifetime of saving to get on the mortgage ladder for an overpriced cramped tulip box and possibility the source of financial ruin, unless house prices somehow do stay high and interest rates low forever.
					
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Most people will be weeping for the poor people of Portugal at that point.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostWhat do you think sas? Are you weeping for the the young sheeple who'll be paying 1 or 2 million pounds when you sell up, all tax free, villa in Portugal and and a bank account full of wonga?

					
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BBC News - Alvin Hall: The generation poorer than their parents
"Let's take my own house [which] I bought 16 years ago for £160,000. It's in south-east London. It's now worth about £1.15m.
"So I've gained a million pound windfall to which I do not feel entitled, and that windfall, at the moment, is tax-free. Were I to sell [the house], there's no tax on that gain."
"It may appear very lucky for me, but the reality is when I sell, it will probably be to a younger person who'll be getting a mortgage and spending most of their working life paying off that windfall which went to me. I don't think that's fair."
What do you think sas? Are you weeping for the the young sheeple who'll be paying 1 or 2 million pounds when you sell up, all tax free, villa in Portugal and and a bank account full of wonga?
					
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Thankfully that's in Battersea miles away from the leafy Toast RackOriginally posted by oracleslave View PostAre Wandsworth property prices going to climb due to the arrival of the USA Embassy?
They'll have to as compensation for the streets being filled with the dulcet tones of a Texan drawl.
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Are Wandsworth property prices going to climb due to the arrival of the USA Embassy?Originally posted by sasguru View PostAnd some areas are recession proof simply because the pool of potential buyers are rich and international
They'll have to as compensation for the streets being filled with the dulcet tones of a Texan drawl.
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