In a great deal of Europe home owning isn't on the agenda, renting is the norm. It wouldn't hurt the uk to follow suit in my opinion
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In a great deal of Europe home owning isn't on the agenda, renting is the norm. It wouldn't hurt the uk to follow suit in my opinion
It has...but then you mentioned a new scheme and got 5 pages of people with real life experience...some who work in the industry too..saying avoid it. Surely that's worth it's weight in gold?
Both times I've done it I've paid the deposit to the solicitors
if you don't have the disposable income to save, how will you cope when interest rates rise, along with council tax, utility bills etc, and when you have to save ready for remortgaging at the end of...
Don't get me wrong SF - I didn't "just go to my bank and ask for a mortgage", both times (mortgage and remortgage) I used an IFA who is bloody brilliant, and I shopped around and did my own research....
sounds to me there's no easy way of purchasing a property other than saving hard for a decent sized deposit
Sounds very interesting!
I'm a bit of a stickler for tradition unfortunately - I managed to save £25k on my own for a deposit, and have paid off a further £10k since moving in 2.5yrs ago...