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Terry12 |
posted on 27th Dec 11 at 13:46 |
quote: I wish my house cost that to run per month:( I thought driving modified cars was costly:lol: | |
mattk |
posted on 19th Dec 11 at 11:19 |
what needs doing that will need 70k of work? | |
Ben G |
posted on 19th Dec 11 at 11:03 |
quote: that's not always the case, just on houses that need a lot of work. | |
mwg |
posted on 19th Dec 11 at 10:57 |
It sold for 92k... My Dad knows the house and said it needs 60-70k spending on it, it's in a right state. | |
baza31 |
posted on 18th Dec 11 at 23:45 |
dont know if anyones mentioned but banks wont give you a mortgage on auction sold property. Also most auctions want 10% on day of sale andremaining 90% within 14 days . To be buying from auction you need the money upfront | |
Tom J |
posted on 17th Dec 11 at 12:36 |
if you have the money to possibly get a mortgage and run a house, which i would say you need £800-£1000 a month when you think of everything, then if you are saving this you could have £12k in a year | |
M2RTY |
posted on 7th Dec 11 at 12:25 |
If its inhabitable you wont get a standard morgage on it at all | |
mwg |
posted on 7th Dec 11 at 11:43 |
I'd have to save for 20 years to get a deposit big enough mate :lol: | |
ste_p23 |
posted on 7th Dec 11 at 11:36 |
quote: The best advice i can give to you would to stay at home as long as you can and save up a large house deposit and move from there. I have quite alot of contacts in the property world and many any predicting that the market wont pick up for the next 5 years. So in that time you have the option of buying your house with a good deposit amount saved up and getting a good price as people are now desperate to sell houses. The other option is you could look at a buy to let investment as buy to let figures are currently rising at a very steady rate and use your saved deposit for a buy to let. I would certainly steer clear of buying houses in need of a full refurb to sell on as the market is at a low point and potental gains may be limited where as if a buy to let property was purchased and refurbed you could look at yeilds of approx 4-8% then re asses the situation when the market picks up. If you need any help with anything just U2U me :wave: | |
mwg |
posted on 7th Dec 11 at 11:27 |
Think I'm pretty much resigned to living with my parents for ever. | |
ste_p23 |
posted on 7th Dec 11 at 11:25 |
quote: You could look at the process of a bridging loan for a short period of time then re-mortgage against that value but its not an easy process of for the faint hearted :wave: | |
mattk |
posted on 6th Dec 11 at 16:49 |
Im in the middle of buying a house that needs a complete overhaul, Ive bought it just to do up as and when I can afford it, I have 4k saved up to keep me busy for a bit, after that though its gonna be as and when Ive got it. if the house is that good then it will be worth aquiring it while its cheap | |
jrsteeve |
posted on 6th Dec 11 at 15:21 |
It's a tricky one as it won't be a residential mortgage or buy to let to start off with. There used to be mortgages for this type of purchase, not sure if they'l still lend though. | |
mwg |
posted on 6th Dec 11 at 14:38 |
Thats what I thought, if you can't even get a 100% mortgage how do you go about borrowing the money to do the work... | |
Rob_Quads |
posted on 6th Dec 11 at 14:32 |
In the current money world we live in your are VERY VERY unlikely to get a mortage >100% LTV (which is what you are asking for) | |
AK |
posted on 6th Dec 11 at 13:47 |
speak to a mortgage advisor/bank.... they are the only ones who can help. | |
mwg |
posted on 6th Dec 11 at 13:28 |
Yeah I get that. | |
James |
posted on 6th Dec 11 at 12:45 |
Stuff at auction tends to go for what it's worth. If 40k is a genuine bargain then it will probably go for a lot more than that. There will probably be interest from investors who will know exactly what it's worth. | |
AndyKent |
posted on 6th Dec 11 at 12:40 |
Not clicked the link, but if its 110k below market, it likely needs major works beyond most peoples skills/ability. Cheap for a reason. | |
mwg |
posted on 6th Dec 11 at 10:57 |
Can you get mortgages that lend you enough to buy the house then extra to be able to do it up? |