bandrui

Weeeellllll..... the location's good; half a mile to the Railway Station. Given the one-of (that one-off drives me crazy) costs, I would probably rent as a temporary solution rather than buy. Much easier to make that next move.

Pistolpete2

A typical fee seems to be around 3% but I have seen as high as 10% where the freeholder/operator buys the property back from you or your estate. The rationale for this high fee is that it gives the freeholder a vested interest in keeping the property in good shape.

anishq

The crowdedness of UK worries me too. Better not to think too much of the fact that the population in Canada - the second largest land mass in the world or thereabouts - is about half of the population of tiddly UK.

bandrui

I have been wondering if/how this might change and checked the emigration stats. You would think that all those people who are whining about how broken Britain is might be leaving in droves. Not happening. In fact emigration is falling.

There do seem to be changings afoot in the EU. Looks as though Greece's default on their debt is not going to be tolerated... and others are in difficult circumstances too. Perhaps the EU will unravel. At least the UK was smart enough to hang onto £ sterling.

Pistolpete2

Surely a big number in the emigration stats represents folks retiring to the sun and that sun is in Provence, The Algarve and in Spain which are in Euroland. The previous drove are finding it very tough as their Sterling pensions are not buying anything near as much and they are now considering returning while the next shift are putting the move on hold with property a problem at both ends - hence the drop.

Working migrants are probably not finding as many vacancies in the typical Anglo destinations of Canada, US and Australia plus prices in Australia appear sky-high. NZ seems to be out of vogue, for obvious reasons. People are looking to come to St Lucia for heaven's sake!

It seems Greece will reschedule its debt rather than default.

bandrui

I was looking at UK only so those people heading to France, Spain et al would have been included in the stats.

Take a look at this and how the situation has changed since the early 90s :

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=260

cheers

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...?premiumA=true

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-31583714.html

More for your money and around £200K

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-16163592.html love this one. Clean, well lit nice garden, bus stop.

bandrui

Doesn't bear thinking about... so I'll try not to.

bandrui

Wall Street Journal doesn't sound so sure. Do you think this is Murdoch stirring the pot, Pete?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj

(I just read this old but fascinating article about Murdoch's take over of the Wall Street Journal, which he alwys had his eye on, and how he slowly insunated his own man... Thomson.)

bandrui

Congratulations ... they are all on busy roads or rail line.
1) Definitely not into contemporary... but that could be changed.
2) Can't remember it.
3) Like the idea of a window in the bathroom but not floor to ceiling facing the main road where you can flash the passers by.

aries

After wandering the internet looking at flats in towns around the countryside, value for money still seems to be in my home town of Torquay.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-18771066.html

This place is well located, just where I would like to be, but the service charge is steep, I don't know how they can justify it. http://tinyurl.com/3j5yajt

For a spot of interest, the U-shaped Asheldon Road is the same road where the Monty Python crew stayed prompting the series Fawlty Towers. I know it well from my teenage years. http://www.hotel-gleneagles.com/

bandrui

The first one has great views and nice atmosphere.

aries

Less than half the fees too! Close to the town centre and good transport, yet in a quiet cul-de-sac away from the yobs. And five minutes or so walk away is a park with bowling greens and tennis courts, I played there before I came to Australia. I also know of a table tennis club in the area, so all in all, a place I would seriously consider if I didn't have my house here to sell first.

bandrui

You just want to be near to the football ground, don't you.

aries

The Torquay United ground is at Plainmoor, I went there just once in my life in the 1950s, and had a free ticket. They lost 1-0 !! I sometimes wonder why they bother.