tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post6293096087402449224..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: "owner-occupiers aged 55 and over account for 56% of the UK's total equity"Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-44649048058604747442013-07-14T18:09:39.337+01:002013-07-14T18:09:39.337+01:00I'm surprised it's that little. I suppose ...I'm surprised it's that little. I suppose they must have all been doing equity release like idiots.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-7136739034989040182013-07-14T17:19:59.108+01:002013-07-14T17:19:59.108+01:00AC, well to be fair to Graham Norwood, who would a...AC, well to be fair to Graham Norwood, who would appear to be one the G's regular <i>property persons</i>, he appears to be shall we say repeating what the estate agents and mortgage brokers quoted in the article are telling him, basically, "we like downsizers". Bob Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740938924657986318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-2692359870004097852013-07-14T16:58:27.404+01:002013-07-14T16:58:27.404+01:00You could just as well say "First-time buyers...You could just as well say "First-time buyers saved from housing Ponzi scam as cash-rich retirees downsize and snap up smaller homes outright".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11871621274712323998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-21583900892588431382013-07-14T16:07:21.087+01:002013-07-14T16:07:21.087+01:00Hmm. Yet more evidence the Guardian doesn't ha...Hmm. Yet more evidence the Guardian doesn't have a clue.<br /><br />Estate agents prefer first time buyers because they don't have a house to sell so no chain.<br /><br />55 year olds and over obviously account for most equity as they are the ones nearing paying off their mortgages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com