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Too expensive to live anywhere, renting and buying

Estate agents and greedy landlords

Property to let or buy

But not in my price range. Is anyone else fed up with the price of property and sky high rent. You can't rent or buy a garage for a reasonable price in some parts of the country!



Estate agents and landlords are greedy. I despise these wealthy people who buy up property to let. They then rent out their houses for an absolute fortune to the rest of us that can no longer afford to buy.

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31-1-2008Save thousands by selling your own home. if you live in havering in the uk you can sell your home for just £225 +vat. first 50 registered properties are completly free of charge and will be on very well known property portals including Fish4. Feel free to Have a look though the site and see how...morepaul_haveringhomes
06-9-2007Gordon Brown '97 " I will not allow house prices to get out of control and put at risk the sustainability of the recovery" Sums it all up in a nutshell. Now we have constant chatter of ' affordable housing'. Funny how government is incapable of putting a figure to the slogan. ...moreTenant on the sole of my shoe.
22-7-2007El Boy has it never occurred to you that the reason why house prices are not more widely affordable is because the very wealthy have massive amounts of money that they either own or can borrow and it's this wealth that they chuck at houses which then forces up house prices? The rest of us just ...moreKarl Marx
06-7-2007I fully agree, me and my partner hasnt got a clean credit history and finding it really hard to rent privatly, we are both working and bringing in quite a big wage but cos of the credit history we need a gaurentor, that lays the problem we cant find one, if you have any idears please let us know.Rick
29-3-2007Isnt your letting agent brakeing the law inspecting the property when your out?fred
27-3-2007Can anybody tell me if there is a decent letting agent in the southeast who, if possible, acts fairly for both tenant and landlord? We have been put into the position where we have no choice but to rent our well loved/looked after home, and would like it to remain that way!Shell
05-3-2007Landlords who have purchased many properties to rent out are helping out society a great deal. They house people who cannot afford to buy, the government collects high stamp duties, the government also charges landlord capital gains tax, presently at 40% on all profit made from more than one proper...moreEl Boy
05-3-200750 years ago there was no need to get on the property ladder. Rents were protected by fair rent schemes. Nearly 95% of the population lived in rented accommodation. Since that time the amount of protected rental accommodation has reduced considerably, to the extent that it is practically no longe...moreModernist
05-3-2007Sob story, you can't afford a Ferrari but you would you rent out your clapped out Volvo to someone else, but charge them the going rate for a Ferrari and then not make sure that it is properly maintained whilst doing so? Nobody is asking anyone to rent their house out for free - we just wa...moreMatt
02-2-2007Frank Hill . Com are thieves and swindlers too. Avoid like the plague.Vitalite
01-12-2006Im sorry but its called business. The landlord has obviously had the insight to invest in property. The fact that you cannot afford a house is not his problem. I cant afford a Ferrari; does that mean that I should complain that they are charging to much? Its a free market; if you dont like your rent...moreSob Story
24-11-2006I have been renting for almost 7 years now and I have only experienced 1 decent letting agency. The others I have dealt with either rip you off with outrageous fees for doing nothing or do not return your bond you gave in good faith. I am now training to be a letting agent as it seems like a good sc...moreShaemus



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