Little Miss No Frills

Nice one. Thanks. Hubba.

Glad to have someone who obviously understands things explaining the truth! Please can I have your babies.

Lucky you. Renting can be unpredictable - see my comment about having to move on. This has happened to me twice now. But my point is that despite this I'm still happy to rent for the moment. Please read a post thoroughly before you dismiss it as total rubbish. LMNF

Thought I'd give a wife's perspective... Having a house represents more than just a financial investment. It means the security of knowing your family is settled, that the kids can be near a decent school, knowing your community, being near friends etc etc. All this creates a *very* strong urge to buy. HOWEVER, I wouldn't dream of buying right now. And we have had some annoying rental experiences too (the pinnacle being asked to vacate early the day after I'd given birth), but I still wouldn't trade all this for the daily worry of watching your house's value plummet and stressing about the interest rates and meeting repayments. When I'm having a weak moment, and want to buy, I just do a bit of maths, and work out how much nicer a house I will be able to buy when the market has gone down 20-30%. This little mind trick may help others who have nesting instincts. LMNF

Probably not 2 Sunnybank Terrace as there were houses on both sides of it, weren't there? Don't Multimap do aerial views from a postcode? The property could be recognisable from the absence of lean-to and garden type (and general air of despair wafting above the roof).

My favourite bit was Aunty Barbara suggesting to the poor FTB EA that he got together with some friends to raise a mortgage. Poor FTB EA dismissed that one straight away. I'm guessing he doesn't have any...