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Vested Disinterest started following What happened to the R S S feed? , Examples of big & multiple drops , Trying to catch a falling knife? (V2) and 3 others
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Examples of big & multiple drops
Vested Disinterest replied to Sausage's topic in House prices and the economy
13. London is good for many airports and Eurostar too! 14. Playgrounds - so many different ones all over the city (if you have under 10s) -
Trying to catch a falling knife? (V2)
Vested Disinterest replied to Jcuk89's topic in All about buying, selling and mortgages
I don't think you said what your LTV would be? Would you be approved for a mortgage with this plan to rent out spare rooms already in your heads? The bank will be thinking, "What if a little baby came along...?" I'm interested in any replies you get though, as I'm also looking to buy now. I'm willing to take a bit of a hit just because of the stability owning gives you - though have had the same home/landlord for 10 years now. Though the stability argument maybe doesn't hold for flats - if a noisy dog or other antisocials move in, for example. -
I will probably need to change jobs in about 18 months to two years. I don't actually know what I'm worth on the open jobs market right now, but there's always chance I could be taking a haircut. I'm a cautious person, generally. Have two school age children... I'm pretty handy with computers though, so I don't think I'll be unemployable. I'm currently looking at choosing between a 2 or 5 year fix for a first time purchase. My mortgage adviser says the mortgage is portable (as long as you don't downsize too much!) - so I'm leaning towards the five year, but the two year is maybe £50/m cheaper and the broker would take some of the bureaucratic pain out of remortgaging. My question is: if I changed jobs just before the remortgage, could I be turned down for it? Or do they take my whole employment history into consideration? Do I need to be careful about the timing of elective job moves? thanks!
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The illusion of a concrete Britain
Vested Disinterest posted a topic in House prices and the economy
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Hello, I've had HPC in my RSS feed reader (brief plugin for Firefox) for years and it just stopped working. Looks like you've upgraded your forum software - and I can't guess/figure out the feed URL if there is one. Please can you advise... cheers, VD
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Looks like the comments have been pulled? I can't see them, and I turned off adblock just in case that was hiding them.
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A New Useful Resource For Sold House Prices
Vested Disinterest replied to PaTrickUK's topic in House prices and the economy
Just for comparison, an HPC-friendly person made this nice site https://houseprices.io/ I haven't looked to see which is most up-to-date. -
My Sugar Tax Conspiracy Theory
Vested Disinterest replied to canbuywontbuy's topic in House prices and the economy
yep, alcohol, takeaways and driving everywhere is what makes you fat! -
Keiser Report Housing Bubble Special
Vested Disinterest replied to crashmonitor's topic in House prices and the economy
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In my experience, it doesn't matter how good the management company are if the builders don't care. Maybe eight years ago we had a similar problem in a basement flat - they called in damp treatment people and the place was a mess for much longer than estimated. I don't think it even worked properly... But, having said that, I think you've made your bed (you and LL both agreed to something) and you have to sleep in it now...
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An I Being B##sh###d By A Letting Agent?
Vested Disinterest replied to Si1's topic in All about renting
Charge them £150 for your credit and background check on the landlord!