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inflation is good…sometimes

I’ve always thought that the biggest benefit of having a mortgage rather than renting was likely to be in the slow eating away of the value of the mortgage payment by inflation.
Before I bought my new house, I was renting a smaller flat for �375 per month. I estimate that if I had stayed there [...]

investing in your own home?

What is it about property that makes everyone think that its the ideal investment?
I was talking to some friends of mine the other day who said that they were thinking of moving to a bigger house nearby before house prices got too expensive. At the moment they live in a nice 3 bedroom house in [...]

the people opposite me are moving

A for sale sign is up on the house opposite mine, so of course I’ve checked it out at the agents to see what its on for and to nose at pictures of the inside.
Its on at £10K more than my house was, which is easily accounted for by the decorative state of the property [...]