Nothing wrong with housing associations
Right with you on the association front. I was lucky enought to get onto a pilot scheme here in Scotland where they basically pay for a percentage of the property. I've no rent to pay, you just give them there percentage back when you sell or you can buy the rest of the equity share in stages and become the sole equity holder. It so easy and straightforward that I had it all sorted with a few forms, some e-mails and a few phone calls. People who shun housing associations are quite frankly missing a trick and probably a bit dim.
(Mr Teatime, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 2:03, 1 reply)

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Completely agree with you. They are generally stupid if they think the housing association root is somehow far worse than over stretching themselves just so they don't have to go that route.

I do like the sound of the deal you get up there in Scotland....sounds a bit fairer than down here....but then you Scots seem to have much better ideas about things like that anyway.
(iwantmybed Is counting down the hours till home time on, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 9:22, closed)