LeazesMag 0 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I got on the ladder nearly 3 years ago. My flat has gone up £40k in that time. If I was 1st time buyer now I wouldnt have a hope in hell of buying a desired property... aye. Country is fucked. I can't see how any first time buyers can get into the market at all. Prices need to drastically cut but that is never going to happen. Young first time buyers can't afford houses, and what council houses there are, are being given to bloody immigrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RlCO 0 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I walked past one of the best AMG Mercs money can buy, parked outside a tiny semi in Kenton Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I got on the ladder nearly 3 years ago. My flat has gone up £40k in that time. If I was 1st time buyer now I wouldnt have a hope in hell of buying a desired property... aye. Country is fucked. I can't see how any first time buyers can get into the market at all. Prices need to drastically cut but that is never going to happen. Young first time buyers can't afford houses, and what council houses there are, are being given to bloody immigrants. Unemployed teenage charvas with bairns are virtually guarenteed a council house. My sis works for YHN so I haven't just made that up, she told me. As an aside, at least the immigrants who come over tend to work for a living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 In a few places prices may go down but I guess that people will just hang on where they are and prices will flatten out - maybe for several years Only those who HAVE to sell will cut their prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15877 Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 Aye, a lot of the predictions (both doomy and optimistic) seem to be based on the number of people who've bought additional properties to let out. If they get screwed then there could be plenty of houses and flats becoming available on the cheap (relatively speaking), but I imagine all a downturn in selling prices is going to mean for most people is that they stay put rather than moving onwards/upwards/elsewhere like they might otherwise have done. The other factor you've got in Newcastle, I suppose (and the same is true of other "redevelopment" cities, as I'm sure the Fish could confirm for Leeds, for example), is a lot of new-build flats that are struggling to find owners. Council estates of the future, if you believe the worst pessimists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth Operator 10 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I'm idly contemplating a move back up to Newcastle as one of many post-summer options, so I've been keeping an eye on house price movements and the like. It does appear that things are starting to slow down a bit, what with the supposed "credit crunch" and all - I've even seen Gosforth and Jesmond properties being slashed in price, although they were probably the most likely to be vastly overinflated in the first place. Sooo... how many of you lot already own? Are you concerned about the future? For those still to buy (and intending to do so) but currently priced out of the kind of places you really want, like me, are you willing to keep renting and waiting to see what happens over the next few years, or do you think it's a hopeless case and things will keep going up, up, up? Do any of you share the view that owning a house is pointless in the first place anyway? (etc. etc.) Sorry for coming over all Glasgow Mag, but I reckon it'd be interesting to get a wide range of views, and not just from those living in the north-east. I realise that house prices are the most dull dinner party conversation topic there is, but hey, I never claimed to be interesting. Why you moving back? You and the bumboy split? Or did you split the bumboy and now he's of no use to you? Get a council house, buy it cheap and then sell it high!! Gays can get council houses too nowadays!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastlebroon 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) I got on the ladder nearly 3 years ago. My flat has gone up £40k in that time. If I was 1st time buyer now I wouldnt have a hope in hell of buying a desired property... aye. Country is fucked. I can't see how any first time buyers can get into the market at all. Prices need to drastically cut but that is never going to happen. Young first time buyers can't afford houses, and what council houses there are, are being given to bloody immigrants. Unemployed teenage charvas with bairns are virtually guarenteed a council house. My sis works for YHN so I haven't just made that up, she told me. As an aside, at least the immigrants who come over tend to work for a living. True. If the lazy twats in this country wanted jobs then it wouldn't be such a problem. Edited January 14, 2008 by newcastlebroon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15877 Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 Why you moving back? You and the bumboy split? Or did you split the bumboy and now he's of no use to you? Get a council house, buy it cheap and then sell it high!! Gays can get council houses too nowadays!! Neither. He graduates in the summer, and can we fuck afford to stay in London long-term, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth Operator 10 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Why you moving back? You and the bumboy split? Or did you split the bumboy and now he's of no use to you? Get a council house, buy it cheap and then sell it high!! Gays can get council houses too nowadays!! Neither. He graduates in the summer, and can we fuck afford to stay in London long-term, so... So you thought you'd increase the brown population of Newcastle by 2!! FFS man. You'll end up in a flat above Camp David, mark my words!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyshinton 59 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I opened this thinking it said horse prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I got on the ladder nearly 3 years ago. My flat has gone up £40k in that time. If I was 1st time buyer now I wouldnt have a hope in hell of buying a desired property... aye. Country is fucked. I can't see how any first time buyers can get into the market at all. Prices need to drastically cut but that is never going to happen. Young first time buyers can't afford houses, and what council houses there are, are being given to bloody immigrants. Apparantly 4 in 10 new houses are going to immigrants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 That suggests to me that the new housing going up is probably of very poor quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I got on the ladder nearly 3 years ago. My flat has gone up £40k in that time. If I was 1st time buyer now I wouldnt have a hope in hell of buying a desired property... aye. Country is fucked. I can't see how any first time buyers can get into the market at all. Prices need to drastically cut but that is never going to happen. Young first time buyers can't afford houses, and what council houses there are, are being given to bloody immigrants. Unemployed teenage charvas with bairns are virtually guarenteed a council house. My sis works for YHN so I haven't just made that up, she told me. As an aside, at least the immigrants who come over tend to work for a living. True. If the lazy twats in this country wanted jobs then it wouldn't be such a problem. I've never understood how immigrants add to the housing crisis - its a well known fact they aall live 27 to a room....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15877 Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 I've never understood how immigrants add to the housing crisis - its a well known fact they aall live 27 to a room....................... .......so landlords start charging 54x the normal weekly rent for a 2-bed flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I got on the ladder nearly 3 years ago. My flat has gone up £40k in that time. If I was 1st time buyer now I wouldnt have a hope in hell of buying a desired property... aye. Country is fucked. I can't see how any first time buyers can get into the market at all. Prices need to drastically cut but that is never going to happen. Young first time buyers can't afford houses, and what council houses there are, are being given to bloody immigrants. Unemployed teenage charvas with bairns are virtually guarenteed a council house. My sis works for YHN so I haven't just made that up, she told me. As an aside, at least the immigrants who come over tend to work for a living. of course that is true. bold bit is slight fabrication though. The point is our resources are being overstretched in every way. Country is fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I got on the ladder nearly 3 years ago. My flat has gone up £40k in that time. If I was 1st time buyer now I wouldnt have a hope in hell of buying a desired property... aye. Country is fucked. I can't see how any first time buyers can get into the market at all. Prices need to drastically cut but that is never going to happen. Young first time buyers can't afford houses, and what council houses there are, are being given to bloody immigrants. Unemployed teenage charvas with bairns are virtually guarenteed a council house. My sis works for YHN so I haven't just made that up, she told me. As an aside, at least the immigrants who come over tend to work for a living. of course that is true. bold bit is slight fabrication though. The point is our resources are being overstretched in every way. Country is fucked. Yeah, if we didn't have so many residents on the rock 'n' roll we wouldn't need so many immigrants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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