Cost of Brexit so far

[Simondi]

Which is fine so long as there is reasonable rented accommodation for those who cannot afford to buy

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by stevenicks

Brexit is doing just fine Micheal, believe me when I say it is the best thing we have done in years. It will be a bumpy ride at first but will smooth out the further we travel along that unknown road. Do not take any notice of the pessimistic, spineless few We are British and we will get our identity back

Who are the spineless few Steve, anyone on the forum? If so please name.

At a personal level, long haul air travel costs has shot right up since Brexit and so has currency charges with the falling pound. Not all doom and gloom, as gold is doing well.

If Scotland separates, we will be little Englanders, not the country known as Britain.

Where is my tin hat?

[topman]

Originally Posted by Simondi

Which is fine so long as there is reasonable rented accommodation for those who cannot afford to buy

Yes, that's important that there is options in housing and that those options are affordable. Its very local though some seem affordable some are awful. Hopefully with a 'new' government this is problem is sorted.

[murphyv310]

Originally Posted by Simondi

Which is fine so long as there is reasonable rented accommodation for those who cannot afford to buy

Indeed Simon.
My eldest daughter rents from private landlords and she has been in some terrible houses. They have been in disrepair, boilers not safety checked or serviced and often with rents double that of council houses.
My daughter can easily afford to buy with a £40,000 salary but she hopes to move to Ireland in a few years so doesn't want the hassle.
Surely then if house prices fall then landlords will snap them up and make more profit because I guarantee their rental prices wont drop in relation to the cost of the house!

[wraymond]

Originally Posted by Simondi

Which is fine so long as there is reasonable rented accommodation for those who cannot afford to buy

That's the other problem. Used to be council housing took the strain but with build rates so low they have never been replaced. It's rampant house prices that lever up the cost of rentals to maintain differentials. Housing benefit levels also have an effect - landlords will always pitch rents accordingly.

[Phill_190]

I'm just about to be buying my first house but have put it on hold at the moment waiting for housing market to fall a bit so it's all good for me I'm afraid!

[Phill_190]

A lot of private landlords are just greedy! Mine for example.. I was threatened with eviction after complaining about multiple leaks in my roof for months, communal lighting not working so having to go up flights of stairs in pitch black and the list goes on and was eventually forced to complain to the council. His answer was to threaten me with eviction.. Makes me sick when I think about how much rent is in these parts!

[wraymond]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

Who are the spineless few Steve, anyone on the forum? If so please name.

At a personal level, long haul air travel costs has shot right up since Brexit and so has currency charges with the falling pound. Not all doom and gloom, as gold is doing well.

If Scotland separates, we will be little Englanders, not the country known as Britain.

Where is my tin hat?

No tin hats needed Phil, but don't stand up against any barn doors.
Air travel costs entirely due to currency differentials and fuel costs which are as volatile as ether. Don't blame the legitimate and valid yearnings for independence, if it's alright for Scotland it's fine for England. Blame the City gamblers.
Little Englanders? That's rather derogatory Phil, I'm sure you don't mean it that way however. Is that Little England because of it's size, or Little People in it? Not to mention the Principality or the Province.

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by wraymond

No tin hats needed Phil, but don't stand up against any barn doors.
Air travel costs entirely due to currency differentials and fuel costs which are as volatile as ether. Don't blame the legitimate and valid yearnings for independence, if it's alright for Scotland it's fine for England. Blame the City gamblers.
Little Englanders? That's rather derogatory Phil, I'm sure you don't mean it that way however. Is that Little England because of it's size, or Little People in it? Not to mention the Principality or the Province.

Well Ray, a German member called me a little Englander in another thread. It was closed before I could reply. Had I been allowed to reply, I would have thanked the guy as I am happy to be English. I did not see it as derogatory. It was water off a DA

In the scheme of things, I have been called much worse....

For the Brexit event, we had an unexpected bonus with our stocks going up.
But to use your phrase "In other news" ... Today, the 1st secretary for Wales said on BBC radio, that the Welsh Parliament should be allowed the veto in triggering article 50. However, the governments legal adviser, the attorney general said none of the parliaments: Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England will get a veto and he added that the 600 million pounds Wales will lose from the EU, will not be made up by government, promised by some of Brexit campaigners, the money is not there to make up the loss

[mbev51]

Our housing market is linked to our economy, if housing is going down, the economy won't be performing. A silly link but that's how it is. When can we expect to get through whatever we have to endure and then come out to the rosy future?