From: Richard Faulkner 
Newsgroups: uk.politics.misc uk.finance
Subject: Re: UK house prices about to fall over the cliff edge. Recession to follow ?
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 22:37:04 +0100

In message <1121622380.937577.219380@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, 
mmaker@my-deja.com writes
>for first time buyers to be able to buy a reasonable house for a 
>reasonable price, rather than go into perpetual debt to buy a crappy 
>one-bed flat.

How times change!! I remember my parents buying their first house when I 
was 4 - actually it was a shop with a flat over the top. We had no 
carpets in most of the property, and decorating took place over several 
years. I can definitely remember that the toilet was in the yard!!

These days, "people" seem to think that 1st time single buyers seem to 
have a God given right to a 3 bed semi, wherever they want it, in tip 
top condition, with all mod. cons., and that it is not fair that they 
cant afford it.

-- 
Richard Faulkner