House prices will always go up
And it looks like they'll keep going up disproportionately to wage increases. I've resigned myself to always renting accommodation.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 12:58, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Likewise.
It's a shame cos I'd have loved to have had something to leave daughter, but buying a house as a single person on an average wage has just never been an option.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 13:06, Reply)

Nope, not for the last 10 years or so

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 13:09, Reply)

I think I bought my first flat in 2001
just before the prices up here went mental
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 13:10, Reply)

10 years ago, aye
The parents of a friend of mine bought her a house to live in at uni (and rent out the other 3 rooms). Bought for 75k, done up for another 25k, sold for 350k a few years ago...
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 13:14, Reply)

I certainly wouldn't have been able to do it if I were single

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 13:11, Reply)

I was earning £20k in 1998
and paying a quarter of that out before tax in child support. Without the second income from a partner I'd have struggled.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 13:19, Reply)