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Daft - First time buyers thread

quarryman · 2011-09-26 13:04:56

Not sure if this has been posted already but it makes great reading. Some of the pre-2007 posts are brilliant. This gem: Re: First Time Buyers Posted By: Anonymous Poster Date: Thursday November 2, 2006 @11:47AM "ppl in Ireland have more money than sense"? what the hell are you talking about, its not like we have a choice…

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Not sure if this has been posted already but it makes great reading. Some of the pre-2007 posts are brilliant.

This gem:

Re: First Time Buyers

Posted By: Anonymous Poster Date: Thursday November 2, 2006 @11:47AM "ppl in Ireland have more money than sense"? what the hell are you talking about, its not like we have a choice you know! houses here are expensive HENCE we have to spend more money on them! there aren't many other options you know! and we cant all consider buying abroad since most of us have the usual committments of families, jobs etc. and there wont be a huge crash, things might level off thats about it. alarmists like you have been babbling on about a crash for years but has it happened? no. we are a thriving economy which doesnt happen when the population,as you say, have more money thans sense. happy investing.

another great one:

Re: First Time Buyers
Posted By: kiri Date: Wednesday January 11, 2006 @09:04PM

Already have 2 X 4 bed houses (1 detached, other Rented)3 foreigh holidays p.a. and a '06 in the driveway , mortgage almost as large as Avg phone bill ,fyi I recently inherited the bulk of the 25k ! Happy days ... no rat race for me.enjoy the cheese.

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