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Mortgages to be rationed in 2012

January 5, 2012

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  Ever dreamed of buying a house? Well you’re a crazy fool and you should lower your ambitions. Houses are for people with huge sums of cash in reserve. If you don’t own a house now then you probably never will so just deal with it. What’s that? You want a flat. Well sure you [...]

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First time buyers and getting onto the property ladder

October 31, 2011

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Since the financial crash back in 2008, it’s been a very difficult and frustrating time for first-time buyers to get a foot-hold on the property ladder. It requires patience but here is how to do it.

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£250,000 a lifetime for living the single life…

August 19, 2010

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Talk about a kick in the teeth – it has been claimed that living alone costs single types £250,000 more over the course of a lifetime than it would someone who is part of a couple. The evidence comes from a study carried out by price comparison website uSwitch, and suggests that singletons carrying the [...]

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Angry enough to withdraw $190,000 in $20 notes from his bank

July 25, 2009

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Angry enough to withdraw $190,000 in $20 notes from his bank

Huzzah huzzah for artist Roger Griffith. Roger isn’t a poor man. He has a gallery in New York City. He has NZ $190,000 in Westpac Bank who he had been with for 25 years. When Roger came to ask for mortgage for a $385,000 property in Mapua the bank refused. On top of his NZ [...]

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