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Wouldnt be so easy now thoughI, and every single one of my mates bought our first houses under a conservative government.
Wouldnt be so easy now thoughI, and every single one of my mates bought our first houses under a conservative government.
I, and every single one of my mates bought our first houses under a conservative government.
It wasn’t easy then but we all made sacrifices and just got on with it.Wouldnt be so easy now though
Even Rishi says its harder nowIt wasn’t easy then but we all made sacrifices and just got on with it.
We all bought doer upper houses that needed completely modernising and did it all ourselves. Of course in those days there were no latest mobile phones to own, no gym memberships, no Netflix/Prime/Apple TV subscriptions, no new cars each on lease - one old banger between the pair of us that we washed ourselves, no just eat/uber eats/deliveroos, no internet with Facebook/instagram influencers telling us what we should have, stag nights were just that - a night at a local pub and not a week away in a foreign country, our weddings were in a church with a 'do' in a local community centre and not a celebrity style wedding in a castle or another country, one U.K. based caravan or holiday camp holiday a year, no Costa coffee on the way to work, home made sandwiches for lunch. In fact, none of the usual money wasting distractions that todays potential first time buyers succumb to.It wasn’t easy then but we all made sacrifices and just got on with it.
Oh, you believe him all of a sudden now? Do you believe anything else he says?Even Rishi says its harder now
I, and every single one of my mates bought our first houses under a conservative government.
Did you claim MIRAS?It wasn’t easy then but we all made sacrifices and just got on with it.
keep wondering it will keep you occupiedI wondered if any party was proposing what you suggest and whether you would support them if they did.
Ditto as a 21 year old same as mates who were all under 25I, and every single one of my mates bought our first houses under a conservative government.
you mean those high around 2 % interest rates that had been in for about a decade up until the last yearThe house buying situation has changed for the worse, though. It's not about there being temptations to spend your money elsewhere. Even if you don't spend money on stuff like that, it is nigh-on impossible to get the funds together. Compare wages, mortgage rates, house prices etc from the 60s/ 70s/ 80s to those of today and you'll see what I mean.