Wednesday 11 July 2007

A change of plan

Those of you who have been following the saga of our proposed move down to Cornwall will know how frustrating it has been trying to sell the family home. A quick search on Google will show you that there are 44 similar priced houses for sale at the moment in Runcorn and at least 10 of them are in Norton Cross. I think that we have all had the same idea and tried to get our houses registered with Estate Agents before the introduction of the Home Improvement Packs and its £600 fee.

The problem is the Government, god bless them, have decided that we are making too much money from house sales and to curb inflation they are having to put up interest rates to slow the market down. Five rate rises in a year has meant that many people wanting to move up the housing ladder can't now afford the interest rate charges. I believe that there are plenty of people who would love to move but are worried that another rate rise could tip them over the edge financially.

So Dave and I revised our plans and we are now going to keep our family home and look for a holiday home by the sea. How lucky are we. .............the best of both worlds!!!!!!

We are planning on another recce to Cornwall in August (before we set off on our trip to Spain/Portugal) to view some likely candidates. I will keep you posted.

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