It is like those adverts selling cars due to addition to family - what utter nonsense - the baby can stay at home!
I see lots of cars being sold for this reason in The UK. They want to buy a house and need to sell the car because of that. What is the reason behind this? Is it something English? Is it a requirement for the morgage to sell your car? Or is the first payment very very big?
Most peole need a big deposit!
In the UK we have something called the V5 - it is a document that has the car owner's (actaully the keeper of the car) name and address on it.
Rather than mess about with the beareaucracy and costs, not to mention time, to change these details, it is usuaully beneficial to sell the car and
let the new owner deal with this.
Getting on the housing ladder in the UK is very difficult as property is excessively expensive, hence many people have to liquidate their expensive
assets to try and raise the necessary deposits. Nobody wants to sell their cars but it is a sad fact of life that they are often forced to.
Renting can be even more expensive than buying strangely.
[Edited on 22/1/08 by Phil.J]
^^^^^ don't believe them
It is like those adverts selling cars due to addition to family - what utter nonsense - the baby can stay at home!
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Originally posted by Aico
I see lots of cars being sold for this reason in The UK. They want to buy a house and need to sell the car because of that. What is the reason behind this? Is it something English? Is it a requirement for the morgage to sell your car? Or is the first payment very very big?
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Originally posted by onzarob
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Originally posted by Aico
I see lots of cars being sold for this reason in The UK. They want to buy a house and need to sell the car because of that. What is the reason behind this? Is it something English? Is it a requirement for the morgage to sell your car? Or is the first payment very very big?
House prices are £150K average and most mortgages require a 10% deposit, hence the toy must go!!!
I must admit I find the baby forces sale of a 2 seater sports car a little bit less honest as it was hardly a commuter car in the first place!!!
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Originally posted by 02GF74
In the UK we have something called the V5 - it is a document that has the car owner's (actaully the keeper of the car) name and address on it.
Rather than mess about with the beareaucracy and costs, not to mention time, to change these details, it is usuaully beneficial to sell the car and let the new owner deal with this.
That's a lot. Especially the deposit. I don't think we have that here in Holland.
The other reason is garage equipped houses are a premium over regular houses. I am looking to buy and find myself in a catch 22 situation. I cant afford a house with a garage unless I sell the car to pay the extra. If I do that I don't need a garage. I think i will save a bit more first but others may not have that option.
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Originally posted by onzarob
I must admit I find the baby forces sale of a 2 seater sports car a little bit less honest as it was hardly a commuter car in the first place!!!
Pah!
You can sleep in your car but you can't race your house!
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Originally posted by Aico
That's a lot. Especially the deposit. I don't think we have that here in Holland.
I do know here in Holland you can get a certain amount. Like you make 30.000 Euro's/year and then you can get around 130.000 Euro morgage. This
means an old house or appartment. Monthly payment of around 650 Euro's. You can only get a new/expensive house if you both work so you can
combine the morgage. So yes you can get a 100% morgage if the house is within budget. Prices here keep on rising bit by bit so I guess no deposit
needed here. I don't think the interest is lower here if you pay a deposit. You do get a taxdeduction on the interest paid for the morgage. This
makes it easy for 2 workers to buy a new and expensive house.
[Edited on 22/1/08 by Aico]
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Originally posted by Aico
You do get a taxdeduction on the interest paid for the morgage. This makes it easy for 2 workers to buy a new and expensive house.
[Edited on 22/1/08 by Aico]
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Originally posted by MikeRJ
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Originally posted by onzarob
I must admit I find the baby forces sale of a 2 seater sports car a little bit less honest as it was hardly a commuter car in the first place!!!
If you are single or have a partner and no kids then why on earth not? I had an MR2 Turbo for 4 years that I commuted 60 miles every day to work and back. When my daughter came along it meant we were totally reliant on the wifes car, she couldn't use mine if hers was being fixed/serviced etc. so I sold it and bought a 5 door hatch.
Plenty of other people working here that have a 2 seater as their main car as well.