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Here is a link to it;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8584163.stm

Hmm it seems stamp duty will not affect property under 250k. Also gonna rasie the price of alco pops, to stop kids from drinking them...way to go. How about putting some money in the youth service and deal with the actual casue not just make money off them.

I have only read a bit I'm off to work, cycling though as its seems the cost of fuel will increase alot more now:thumbdown:

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Just alco pops, thank god :)

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Why only first time buyers?
They can't afford my house never mind anything upto 250k.

I'd have liked to have seen something in that for me. I will be looking to buy a bigger house than my rabbit hutch later in the year, perhaps he could have extended it to us too? Not that I can afford a house at 250 either.

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woo woo's aren't classed as alcopops, right?

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Totally agree there DB - we cant afford to move (or even re-mortgage for that matter) so our two bedroom shoebox is here to stay for now - guess little baby Skip wont be having any siblings for a good few years :rolleyes:

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Well Skip my two bedroomed shoe box doesn't have room for baby Dizzypeg arriving in September :-(
There is physically no room. We are lucky we can afford to move provided we get a mortgage, extending buildings isn't possible here. Stamp duty is a bitter pill to swallow, when houses are too expensive for what you get though. Its not as if we're wanting to buy a mansion!

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Hope it works out for you DB - I know what you mean though - we have no desire for a mansion either but it would be nice to see a 3 bedroomed house in our future but as it stands it seems unlikely for quite some time... Oh well, just have to make the best of it I guess!

As a side note I have friends who are selling their 2 bedroomed house and moving into rented accommodation as its the only way they can upgrade to a bigger house to fit their expanding family. I feel for them as its a big thing to get onto the property ladder to only then have to step back off it again. :(

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Its ok if you don't have an established family and a menagerie, when it comes to renting. I have had far too many bad experiences with renting and would far rather be falling over each other than rent. Which is why I bought this on my own ten years ago.

A three bed with a little garage seems so far away....even more with a wack of tax.

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I have a lovely 4 bed extended detatched house....... but its rented! Id much rather have a small 3 bed semi for me and the kids and a mortgage. I have a lengthy contract and the owners are very good friends of mine (i get a healthy reduction on the rent cos they want it to stay a family home and know i'll look after it) and in theory its mine for at least the next ten years, but there is still no security. If, god forbid, their marriage falls apart or worse, they may need the house back and that will leave me in dire straits.
Security is priceless.

Skip, i know a couple that had their 3rd child, and it spent the first year of its life sleeping in a drawer! They took the drawer out of the chest and made it into a bed every night. Not ideal, but it worked!!!

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Me too!

LOL - I dont think things are that bad - my neighbours live in the same size house as us and have a 5 year old girl and a 13 month old boy - I assume they will have to move soon - is there a law/regulation regarding different sex children sleeping in the same bedroom?

/Sorry for the derail :oops: