Thats not an typical average londoners wages/job.
you're reading it out of context, look back at the chain of posts - that conversation was about 'well paid' Londoners. Commenting on 'average' Londoners is irrelevant there.
Thats not an typical average londoners wages/job.
it will be in the next few years
Its kept the demand, now that 100% mortgage aren't easily available.
Without HTb or freely available 100% mortgage demand would significantly drop at current prices. It would at the minimum reduce the price increase.
So HTB does in fact make a huge difference in house prices.
Nor can even well paid londoners get a ftb mortgage for an 800k flat.
Let's say you're a mid-level Associate at a decent bank - therefore someone with 4-6 years' experience, and maybe in their mid to late twenties. Typically you'll be on a base salary of £80,000-£100,000.
Thats not an typical average londoners wages/job.
Maintaining demand is completely different to being a major cause of the demand. The demand was already there in the first place. Basically HTB may have stopped the market from slowing down or dipping but 'old skool' 100% deposits and massive amount of BTL's combined with current foreign investment and increasing population with lack of housing to keep up are far greater factors. The only HTB scheme that's worth doing is the equity loan and that's only available on new builds which are a tiny % of overall sales.
Agreed.
That's why I'm aiming to pay off my £68k equity loan over the 5 year interest free period!
Maintaining demand is completely different to being a major cause of the demand. The demand was already there in the first place. Basically HTB may have stopped the market from slowing down or dipping but 'old skool' 100% deposits and massive amount of BTL's combined with current foreign investment and increasing population with lack of housing to keep up are far greater factors. The only HTB scheme that's worth doing is the equity loan and that's only available on new builds which are a tiny % of overall sales.
If I remember correctly is it correct that you can only pay it off in one or two installments?
So its not as though you can chuck 500 quid a month at it, you need to pay off half at a time or all at once?
This can be worse saving for a deposit. I am guessing most people are going to have to rely on property prices increasing and remortgaging to get rid of it?
No it's not. Because 100% mortgage are gone and house prices dropped massively, then htb come out, so it's not really different at all. HTB is a major contributor to current prices,
shouldn't make much difference whether you pay it off in increments or chuck what would have been payments into a high interest savings or current account then pay off in a couple of big chunks... in fact the latter might well save you a bit depending on the rates for the loan
If I remember correctly is it correct that you can only pay it off in one or two installments?
So its not as though you can chuck 500 quid a month at it, you need to pay off half at a time or all at once?
This can be worse saving for a deposit. I am guessing most people are going to have to rely on property prices increasing and remortgaging to get rid of it?
Pretty much what you think.
In the first 5 years if you want to pay it back you can staircase it in set increments (which i think is 10 or 20% at a time) or you can just pay it all back as and when you have the money. I'm doing what dowie said and just putting money aside into savings account then paying it off in a few big chunks or one big chunk at year 5. The end result, if you can afford to pay off part or all of the loan in 5 years is a huge amount of equity that you wouldn't have been able to achieve with a normal mortgage with a less than 20% LTV.
If people can't afford to pay it off with cash then they can either pay it off when they sell, stay in property and remortgage to cover the amount, or just carry on paying interest on it (worst option obviously).
Something must give at some point though. Eventually, if everyone's priced out the market can't move so it kind of "snuffs" itself out.
I can remember when you used to only get 2 x income and the second earner wasn't taken into account (usually a women/wife so they thought they'd go off an have babies and leave work)
It then changed to include a percentage of the second earners income.
It then changed to include all of the second earners income.
It then changed to be 3 x income.
etc etc etc
As long as the Banks think of new ways to lend people more and more money then house prices will continue to rise.
If people could only borrow 2 x income of one breadwinner then house inflation wold be curtailed
It's not - you're overlooking bonuses and family financial input.
Let's say you're a mid-level Associate at a decent bank - therefore someone with 4-6 years' experience, and maybe in their mid to late twenties. Typically you'll be on a base salary of £80,000-£100,000. You'd also receive other employee benefits which may cover your annual travel costs as well as a fair amount on your living costs (shopping, food, gym, phone, etc.). Your annual bonus may be around £50,000, some get more/some get less.
A fair amount of people in these situations will have a partner or spouse with a similar compensation set up. When you factor in the significant increase in parents, grandparents and other family members gifted large sums for property acquisition, then the ability to save up a 10%, 20% or 25% deposit on an £800,000 is readily achievable. It may make depressing reading, but it's relatively common.