According to reports in last week's press, first time buyers are, "boxed in by rising prices" Anna Mihkailova, Sunday Times 22 September 2014 A suitably attention grabbing headline, but what exactly does it mean? The usual it transpires; people need to earn enough to be able to afford a mortgage. A revolutionary idea indeed. What did draw my attention, was a quote attributed to Matthew Pointon of...
September 2014
...with me as Commander in Chief/La Grande Fromage/King. Don't laugh people, it could happen. My role as the supreme being goes without saying, the extent of my realm is still open to discussion; as it would seem is most of the United Kingdom. Now did 'Call me Dave' get lucky, or did he (and his strategists) play an absolute blinder? Many a bar room discussion will differ, but tactical nous or Lady...
This week, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England and George Osborne's best mate addressed the annual conference of the TUC. Confirming what we have said in many a previous blog, interest rates will not rise this autumn, but should increase in Spring 2015. Note the use of 'should', not, 'will definitely'. Is that a General Election that I see looming on the horizon? Amongst much banking gobble di...
Now don't go and get your Welsh mixed up with your Filipino (or any other Austronesian language). Not that you thought that you would be discussing language acquisition in a property blog. Neither did I, until I found myself embroiled in a total fiasco over a phone line courtesy of that "British multinational telecommunications services company" , British Telecom (the clue is in the title, beginning...
