Ella and James Preece are a Catholic couple living in Kingston Upon Hull in Yorkshire in the UK. This is our blog.

Items Tagged With: House Prices

Thursday 02 Oct 2008

More Money for Nothing

Blogged by James Preece 3 Months ago...

I just wanted to share this spectacular graph...

Wow.

Another great side effect of house prices falling, is that it makes it less worthwhile to close a parish church and sell it to developers.

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Ella and I have been pretty house price sceptic for a while now. People keep saying 'you poor dears still renting' and we used to say 'we are waiting for the house prices to crash' and people used to look at use like we just said 'we are waiting for the tooth fairy'.

Financial crisis: Mortgage lending plunges 95 per cent as housing market suffers
Experts said the housing market is being "decimated", and that further falls in house prices are expected.

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Ninety-five!

The average UK house price has been falling Ł45 a day since the beginning of the year, research revealed yesterday.

According to the Halifax, house prices are falling at their fastest pace since records began 25 years ago, down nearly 13 per cent over the last year.

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The people I feel bad for, are all those young people who bought a house in the last couple of years. It's no crime to want to start a family and get on with your life. I hope and pray that things work out okay for those people.

But basically, all you stuck up snobs who were deeply offended when we dared to suggest that your two bed terrace in Hull wasn't worth Ł800 a month for the rest of my life and who still have their 'investment' on the market.

Game Over.

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Tuesday 10 Jun 2008

Money for Nothing and your Cheques for Free...

Blogged by James Preece 6 Months ago...

Buying is dead money...

According to the Halifax, house prices fell 2.4% in May.

All the houses around us, the ones with luxuries (we are spoiled brats after all) like windows and floors, cost about Ł125k for your basic 3 bed terrace. This is Hull after all. Down south they are going for more.

By not buying a Ł125k house last month, we saved ourselves nearly Ł3000. Oh sure... we had to pay rent. But we don't pay Ł3000 in rent! Even if we paid Ł1000 a month in rent... and we don't... we saved Ł2000 last month.

Next month, we will save more...

This is not grim news. This is great news.

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To the Blessed Virgin Prayer for England

O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our most gentle Queen and Mother, look down in mercy upon England thy "Dowry" and upon us all who greatly hope and trust in thee.

By thee it was that Jesus our Saviour and our hope was given unto the world; and He has given thee to us that we might hope still more.

Plead for us thy children, whom thou didst receive and accept at the foot of the cross.

O sorrowful Mother! intercede for our separated brethren, that with us in the one true fold they may be united to the supreme Shepherd, the Vicar of thy Son.

Pray for us all, dear Mother, that by faith fruitful in good works we may all deserve to see and praise God, together with thee, in our heavenly home.

Amen.

Couple's Prayer

O God, our heavenly Father, protect and bless us. Deepen and strengthen our love for each other day by day.

Grant that by thy mercy, neither of us may ever say one unkind word to the other. Forgive and correct our faults, and make us constantly to forgive one another should one of us unconsciously hurt the other.

Make us and keep us sound and well in body, alert in mind, tender in heart, and devout in spirit. O Lord, grant us each to rise to the other's best. Then, we pray thee, add to our common life such virtues as only thou canst give.

And so, O Father, consecrate our life and love completely to thy worship, and to the service of all about us, especially those whom thou hast appointed us to serve, that we may always stand before thee in happiness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.