I consider the whole lot of them to be spivs. (View Post)

Base rates were 5% 15 years ago, so well within the sort of window of time someone should consider when taking out a mortgage, and if not them the lender should think about it. Nor is 5% high histori… (View Post)

I have some sympathy with that, but if anyone in that position thinks that things can't get worse they'll find out if they take out a mortgage that they can barely afford to service. Lender… (View Post)

When the rates started heading up I heard one "property investor" on the radio say he might be forced to sell some of his dozen or so properties. How the hell you can call yourself an "… (View Post)

It's fairly obvious that despite the supposedly stricter lending conditions far too many people have been absolute idiots and managed to borrow to the hilt with the expectation that the historic… (View Post)