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Yep I couldn't believe anyone actually made an offer, unless it's 80K to 90K less than the asking price 🤣 I'm pretty sure it only sold fairly late last year, as I remember about 3 people pulled out as it kept coming back on. They want nearly 100K for something they bought less than a year ago where they have painted a couple of rooms at most. Clearly we are in the wrong business ..

Not a big drop, but I remember seeing this on for £225K last year. All they've done is a bit of painting in 2 rooms if that, now someone is buying it for around £315K, utter lunacy... https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/136500674#/?channel=RES_BUY

Dunno, watched a wreck near me up for auction, and I mean a wreck with a plant growing into living room through external wall and no floorboards in one large upstair room, no kitchen, no bathroom, multiple areas of damp etc etc. On for £140K, at auction went for £274K, it will need £100K spending on it at least. That was last week.

I like his technical term ... 🤣

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbcnNwsdQG0

Yes, house prices to the moon ...

🤣 interest rates are negative if you take inflation into account ...

Traders now see BoE interest rates peaking at around 6.00% in December, having earlier this month priced in rates rising as high as 6.5% by March. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/battered-uk-homebuilders-set-biggest-daily-rise-five-months-2023-07-18/

Who's right them or the Telegraph with their 25% drop ? 🤣 Of course the latter could also be a ploy and plea for a bailout from their sponsor party ...

I got zero for fruit and veg picker and variations of that, 30 for farm worker. If this is the real number the uk vacancy number must be a work of fiction.

In other news pedants are still pedants ...

Exactly, it's utter fantasy pushed by politicians and the ill informed ..

So you don't know and are just making up "facts", i.e. "Blind people have jobs as do many in wheelchairs." for your argument ? Did I mention mental health ?

Fair enough, what percentage of former Remploy employees who were disabled got jobs in private sector ?

There is something like 8 million economically inactive between the ages of 16 and 65, the unemployment figures have been a work of fiction for decades.

I thought there was a massive shortage of fruit/veg pickers, that's the constant retort in the media from farmers.

It totally screwed over some people I know who were self employed and had private pension schemes.

Spot on. The UK's strategy is doomed to failure too, as the number of parasites/rent seekers at some point will overwhelm the host...

What percentage of blind people and those in a wheelchair have jobs ? I doubt it is a very high number, be real employers are not falling over themselves to employ the disabled and sick, why do you think Remploy existed until the Tories killed it off.

Even if the NHS miraculously shortens the waiting lists, it will not make much difference in terms of employment for the sick and disabled. They cannot cure incurable debilitating chronic diseases or disabilities although many appear to think they can. Truly laughable.

If you have worked and paid enough NI stamp, you will get contributory based Universal Credit for 6 months and that's it unless you are deemed to have such a low income you qualify for income based Universal credit. I.e. it is time limited unless you are living in absolute poverty or have a load of kids in which case you get income based Universal Credit, plus housing benefit for your landlord.

Do you think housing benefit should be stopped ?

You been asleep since 2004 ? 🤣 Labour did more than anyone to undermine the wages of the working class.

By living in sheds and HMO's of BTL'ers.