Renting a house because I can't afford to buy one
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Renting or buying a house
I am actually still renting that same house with my new husband. We are on the council housing register, but predictably our application is rated as Low Band which means we have no hope at all of ever being allocated a council pr
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I am in the very unfortunate position of being unable to afford to buy a house. My partner and I both work and earn decent salaries, yet we still cannot afford to buy a house together because of the current state of the housing market.
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| 21-6-2008 | Those of you expecting a crash, followed by cheap houses be warned. My wife an I have been studying the marked since we got together four years ago. We though we were priced out then!! We've saved and and been learning about the market obsessively, and what we have learned is that yes, there wil...more | Bloated Womble |
| 21-6-2008 | Those of you expecting a crash, followed by cheap houses be warned. My wife an I have been studying the marked since we got together four years ago. We though we were priced out then!! We've saved and and been learning about the market obsessively, and what we have learned is that yes, there wil...more | Bloated Womble |
| 09-5-2008 | I agree completely, I too am in a similar situation, and I for one am rubbing my hands in glee in anticipation of a housing crash.
We are told that it is selfish to be happy when so many will be in negative equity; but I don't remember being shown any sympathy by people who rushed to buy the...more | The meek shall inherit! |
| 25-1-2008 | One person came on to this site to ask if anyone here knew of any part of the country good to move to in order to find a job.
She got ridiculed.
Another person came along to do nothing but mock other people.
They went away feeling satisfied.
What is the country comming to? | Ariarnia |
| 25-1-2008 | One man went into a shop and said "I have no job and no money". The shopkeeper said "Here, take anything you want". Another man went in and said "I've been sloggin my guts out, here's all the money to cover a reasonable price". The shopkeeper said "I'm ...more | poorgal |
| 02-10-2007 | You are living in an economic "bubble". That's why you cannot afford to buy a house. That bubble has been growing for 50 years or so. 50 years ago your great grandparents would never have dreamt of paying the kind of money for homes that we do today. They would think that people in Bri...more | Househunter's Psychiatrist |
| 28-9-2007 | Without sounding ignorant... I couldnt be bothered to read everything you said but got the jist of it. | leebo |
| 16-9-2007 | You will never find a home here. What it would take to provide you and the rest of the homelesss alienate nation with affordable homes would destroy the system on which the establishment in this coutry depends. Their wealth would be lost. The system they have set up cannot last forever, but the chan...more | A Vote of No Confidence |
| 16-9-2007 | hiya, my partner & I cant afford a house /flat/shed! to live in!!
I am not well and cant work, he apprantly earns a good wage.......yet every month we have no money left over after rent/bills etc, and we stopped going out/buying clothes/car/food!!! to save for a deposit, I think it might take a...more | losing the ploT! |
| 13-9-2007 | Britons face 'lifetime of debts'
Low income, combined with badly informed and poorly understood financial decisions, are at the root of many debt problems
It could take 77 years on average for people asking Citizens Advice for help with debt to get back into the black, a report fr...more | Poor Old Britain |
| 09-9-2007 | I can't afford to buy a house either. I am currently trying to save but thay are so expensive. I refuse to rent as it's wasted money, plus it's just lining the pockets of these buy-to-let monsters who are destroying the first time buyer market for us all.
I have got round this by liv...more | Homeless not helpless |
| 28-6-2007 | Im on 13k a year! Those on 20k+ are very fortunate. I went to buy a place with my girlfriend, had the offer accepted, only to find out a developer (ignoring that our offer was accepted) went round and offered to buy the place with cash! Where is the morals!!!! I just want a place to live! | Gym |
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