Saturday, Feb 25, 2012
More on the mythical 'ladder' and sense of entitlement
BBC: Second home 'bottleneck' in housing market, BoS survey shows
Homeowners who are unable to buy their second home are causing a "bottleneck" in the housing market, the Bank of Scotland has warned. Research suggests that two-thirds (65%) of those looking to move up the property ladder in the past year were unable to do so.
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1. sibley's b'stard child said...
Gah! You fecking morons, has it not occurred to you that your home is equally expensive to the FTB you hope to flog off to as your next house to you?
Still, I'm sure the Ministry of Taxpayer-backed Subsidies will come to the rescue.
2. jack c said...
"It is vital that this group of home movers receive more support and attention as they play an intrinsic role in getting the housing market moving again."
Carol (dear) - this is UK PLC (or perhaps pretends to be these day's) where a free market should be allowed to operate it is NOT the former East Germany. I'm afraid your Ponzi housing scheme is falling apart at the seams - your company has already had one massive tax payer funded bailout and it sure as hell it doesnt deserve another indirect bailout by propping up second steppers as you call them ! Let them fall of the f00king ladder that should get the market going again.
3. peter_2008 said...
Hmm I fondly remember
FTBs demanded goooovernment subsides
STBs demanded goooovernment subsides
BTLs demanded goooovernment subsides
Developers demanded goooovernment subsides
Downsizers demanded goooovernment subsides and even
Housing Associations demanded goooovernment subsides
Oh, wait a minute... do you mean the whole UK housing market would not have be functional UNLESS government subsides at EVERY level to EVERY participant!? You mean houses are so overpriced, that not one group would be viable on their own? Dxmn you! You blew it!
4. drewster said...
That's not how the homeys see it, of course.
"I paid for this house fair and square out of my own post-tax income*! I didn't receive any subsidy! I'm a hard-working homeowner, it's about time the government did something for people like me."
(*Unless they bought before 2000, when MIRAS still existed.)
5. paul said...
I just find it incredulous that the BBC takes this stuff seriously. I mean, is this really 'news'? Really? Is it? Or is it just a partisan vested interest looking for a government handout by bleating in the media because they know that someone ... someone will take it seriously.
And along comes the BBC with a sympathetic ear and a wide readership.
This announcement was paid for by your license fee.
6. markj69 str05 said...
No no, the bbc are unbiased. They do not use their position to influence, and are not a mechanism for lobbying gov't, nor a voice for the gov't. They like the boe are an independent organisation. Honest and untainted. (cough cough b@llocks)
Who wrote (ad lib) "those who control history control the future"?
Well todays news is tomorrows history!
So much persuasion and potential propaganda.
Money makes the world go round.
7. sibley's b'stard child said...
George Orwell, 1984
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