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Whats your mortgage on your main property (ie counting BTL/investements)?

17 October 2008, 14:00

Decidedly plebian poll coming up.

49 Voters

Mortgage free	36.73%	18 votes
0-50K	10.20%	5 votes
51-100K	10.20%	5 votes
101-150K	14.29%	7 votes
151-200K	12.24%	6 votes
201-250K	2.04%	1 vote
251-300K	6.12%	3 votes
Over 300K	4.08%	2 votes
Over 400K	0.00%	0 votes
Over 500K	2.04%	1 vote
Greater than 500K	2.04%	1 vote

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17 October 2008, 14:02

Meds worn off, I see.
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17 October 2008, 14:03

Sorry that should read "NOT counting BTL"

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17 October 2008, 14:04

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17 October 2008, 14:06

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17 October 2008, 14:08

Where's the 'renting and paying off credit cards' option?

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17 October 2008, 15:00

Only about 200k euros. Luckily we didn’t fall for the trap of buying a huge house on our combined income, but a small house with a small mortgage based on my girlfriend’s nursing income.

I don’t mean to be smug about this, because only last year we really considered buying a place nearby for about 700k euros, fantastic house, modern architecture, very stylish, swimming pool and the lot, but then I woke up in the middle of the night sweating and said ‘what if the contracting market goes belly up?’ Thank heavens we didn’t go ahead and buy that.

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17 October 2008, 15:11

Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

Only about 200k euros. Luckily we didn’t fall for the trap of buying a huge house on our combined income, but a small house with a small mortgage based on my girlfriend’s nursing income.

I don’t mean to be smug about this, because only last year we really considered buying a place nearby for about 700k euros, fantastic house, modern architecture, very stylish, swimming pool and the lot, but then I woke up in the middle of the night sweating and said ‘what if the contracting market goes belly up?’ Thank heavens we didn’t go ahead and buy that.

I made exactly the same decision recently, went for a cheap and cheerful.
Had to buy as was under serious pressure from my wife, had been putting her off for 2 years but it was starting to become too big an issue
Mortgage is so small though that at current earning levels it could be paid off in full when the 3 year tie in period ends.

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17 October 2008, 15:28

Luckily I went for a septic tank, which I pay for by licking the streets of London clean every day for 4 pence a year.
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