GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Home Ownership: Better to rent or buy? Bbc Radio 2 - Home Ownership: Better To Rent Or Buy? Friday 29th October @ 1pm (Vine) Radio: 88-91 FM Online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/radio2 Call: 0500 288291 Text: 88291 No doubt a bit of feel-good property ramping following the recent reports of house price falls. Get ready for the obligatory "renting is dead money", "paying off someone else's mortgage", etc. Unfortunately I'm unable to call in but last month's 3.6% fall paid my rent for the next year. This month's 0.7% fall is more than I earn a month. And prices are expected to continue falling! I'm sure I'm not alone and it'll be good to get that message across to counter the usual biased "expert" VI they'll have in the studio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pent Up Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Sending my message it has a sob story so hopefully get on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 Gentlemen... Time For Hpc Volunteers - A call to arms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 Gentlemen... Time For Hpc Volunteers - A call to arms For my part, I'll be Googling the "expert" and posting anything useful that helps expose them as a property VI. rantnrave, you around? You did a sterling job last time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantnrave Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 For my part, I'll be Googling the "expert" and posting anything useful that helps expose them as a property VI. rantnrave, you around? You did a sterling job last time. Yeah, I'm here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pent Up Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I can't phone but sent my email. I'd urge to do so too. You can also text. It feel great to get your comment read and out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 I can't phone but sent my email. I'd urge to do so too. You can also text. It feel great to get your comment read and out An online form too... http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/jeremy-vine/contact/ On in 20 minutes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douggggy Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 the Jeremy Vine show is always better when Jeremy Vine isn`t actually on it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoto Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 the Jeremy Vine show is always better when Jeremy Vine isn`t actually on it ! The last few of these phone ins, he has been really dismissive. 'here we go again... britains obsession with house prices....' May get a better airing if he is not on today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantnrave Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 An online form too... http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/jeremy-vine/contact/ Posted my story - has a slightly different angle but an emotional slant... Will see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 the Jeremy Vine show is always better when Jeremy Vine isn`t actually on it ! +1 Matthew Bannister should be given the slot full time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackgoose Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Looking forwards to the discussion but the music is terrible.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 The last few of these phone ins, he has been really dismissive. 'here we go again... britains obsession with house prices....' May get a better airing if he is not on today. I seem to recall Vine saying in a previous phone in (around 2008/9 crash) that he'd bought "recently". I'm guessing he traded up but would still not like the idea of his home being "worth" less than what he paid for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 On NOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 (edited) Joined by housing "expert" Henry Pryor. Actually sounds in favour of renting... http://www.talktalk.co.uk/money/latest-features/mortgages/pryor-homepage.html http://www.housingexpert.net/ Edited October 29, 2010 by GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 JV - rent is dead money but it is worth it for the convenience good grief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 market sentiment is looking like engrained pro-renting from one phone-in: 'you can always get a much better place renting and this will always be the case' that is nonsense, I am sure a point will come where buying a house will be much better than renting price-wise, but renting will be the preferred social stigma because it is always better for whatever reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 market sentiment is looking like engrained pro-renting from one phone-in: 'you can always get a much better place renting and this will always be the case' that is nonsense, I am sure a point will come where buying a house will be much better than renting price-wise, but renting will be the preferred social stigma because it is always better for whatever reason There is nothing wrong with renting. People are usually happy to "rent" their cars. What we want is proper accredited professional landlords, not speculator/spivs and a longer term more stable replacement (or supplement) to the Assured Shorthold Tenancy. Not going to happen though. Quite frightening how no one is campaigning for more tenant rights or lower housing costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 (edited) This is music to my ears. Edit: Alerted the sheeple to predictions of "house prices to fall by 10% by end of next year". Edited October 29, 2010 by GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble&Squeak Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 (edited) I like this Henry Pryor guy... Edit: Removed quote Edited October 29, 2010 by Bubble&Squeak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pent Up Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 This is excellent so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 There is nothing wrong with renting. People are usually happy to "rent" their cars. true what I am saying is that one or the other is financially preferable in a general sense over the long term right now, house prices are so high that in most cases renting is far more preferable in financial terms however, at other time (between roughyl 1994 and 2000, say) you were better off buying a house in financial terms one of the characteristics of that 'other' time was that sentiment was not particularly pro-buying, and on this radio show I see a return to that sentiment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 true what I am saying is that one or the other is financially preferable in a general sense over the long term right now, house prices are so high that in most cases renting is far more preferable in financial terms however, at other time (between roughyl 1994 and 2000, say) you were better off buying a house in financial terms one of the characteristics of that 'other' time was that sentiment was not particularly pro-buying, and on this radio show I see a return to that sentiment Of course they are probably ramping renting now, due to all those soon to be emptied BTL's where the HB tenants have been "ethnically cleansed." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 Is this a public service announcement? 40 minutes and still going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybernoid Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Not enough about the cons, and how people are forced into a choice between the unsettled and restricted lifestyle of a renter or the restricted and frightening life of a debt slave. Renters for the most part are not making a choice they are happy with, they rent and doff their cap to the property owners or they live on the streets. Glossed over that last woman caller who said as a renter there is no opportunity to own an animal or have children, the reality is not a cheerful matter of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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