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12 minutes ago, oaksoft said:
In terms of multiples of income required to secure a loan and also the size of the deposit required I would absolutely agree.
In terms of monthly mortgage repayments and specifically monthly rent (which was what the original point was) then no, not at the moment, for the majority of people.
That's not the case. See page 15 in this report. BN161.pdf
EDIT: apologies I meant page 12
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46 minutes ago, oaksoft said:
For some at the bottom I'd be prepared to accept this but for the majority, life is considerably easier than it was 40 years ago - financially and otherwise.
Sure in many respects. In terms of the affordability of housing it isn't.
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1 hour ago, oaksoft said:
To be fair I specifically excluded city centres when I said the following.
In 1990 I was paying about 33% of my disposable income on rent.
Is it as bad as that now for most people?
Those in cities on low incomes? Probably yes.
Also, it doesn't need someone earning £60k.
It only requires a couple earning £30k each and that sort of wage is around the average.
A single person should not be renting a city centre 2 bed flat at those rates.
I was paying 33% of my take home pay on a single room in a shared house on the outskirts of a city. THAT is the fair comparison to make, not some random single person living in their own 2 bed flat in an expensive city centre. So a single room in a shared house for a single person for comparison in Edinburgh would be around £400 quid. That tells a bit of a different story.
It's undeniably a lot more expensive than it used to be. I don't think it is the main reason that people are having less children but I think it may be a big factor in why certain expensive cities are seeing big declines in young families. Places like Brighton and York have seen large declines in the number of children from the 2011 census to the one released this summer.
France was arguably the first country to have a fertility rate decline in the 19th century. The main reason seems to be the rise of secularism.
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€22m potentially rising to €27m with a 10% sell on supposedly
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1 hour ago, G51 said:
Seems like it might be a Scottish record fee for Bassey
Maybe but still need the bids to be higher than they currently have. The Daily Mail were saying last night that Ajax have bid £19m which hasn't been accepted.
He has two years left on his deal so we aren't going to get this value again unless we get him to sign a new contract.
No Bassey in our squad for the Blackpool game today which suggests a deal is likely.
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Scotland's rates are remarkably low. Lowest total fertility rate of any of the 4 nations of the United Kingdom and Edinburgh City council area has a TFR of less than 1 child per woman.
Britain's housing crisis is a massive problem.
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Tillman announced and it's been confirmed there is an option to buy.
I have one question though. Why has be taken number 71?
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4 minutes ago, G51 said:
Some truth in that. Though I think Tav-Goldson-Souttar-Barisic is a backline that's perfectly capable of getting us to the CL groups.
Big issue for us is we need some luck in the draw. If we draw Monaco in R3 or PSV in the PO then it might not matter what reinforcements we make. Those are two teams that will likely just put us on our arse, and we've a 50/50 chance of drawing PSV (assuming both sides win in R3).
Is Souttar not injured at the moment?
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1 minute ago, G51 said:
The Times are reporting that the loan will have an option to buy. Really exciting signing this one if the option to buy is true. The exact profile of player we should be looking at.
Between this and the Bassey sale, it's going to be a busy few days.
If Bassey is sold we need to be quick in getting defensive replacements in. Less than 3 weeks until our first qualifier.
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He posted on his instagram last night about being in a hotel in Manchester which is where we do our medicals for incoming players.
Hopefully a buy option on the loan as well.
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5 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said:
Be a great move for Bassey too. Couple of years at Ajax and if he progresses in the same manner goes to England for mega bucks.
Absolutely. I'd rather see him playing in the Champions League for Ajax than at Brighton.
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Sounds like the Bassey to Ajax rumours are fairly concrete. The Dutch papers saying we are holding out for £21m+
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51 minutes ago, Orbix said:
I’m of two minds about it, there’s definitely a minimum bar of not getting booted off the ball, but there have been plenty of wirey strikers who score without being able to deadlift a car - Vardy, Berbatov, Torres etc were never massive.
Berbatov and Torres were both 6 foot+. My understanding is that Weston is still really short. Only 5.7".
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1 hour ago, G51 said:
Rabbi Matondo due to sign today. Rumours that he is "jetting in" as we speak.
Instantly becomes the fastest player in the league. Very excited for this one.
Looks like he's just passed his medical.
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Happy Mo Johnston day gents. Great to see the sun is out for it.
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Good to see we are finally doing something in the market. Hopefully something in the Matondo and Fulgini rumours too.
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Imagine picking this diddy Gordon over McLaughlin
Clarke is genuinely a clueless idiot.
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2 nil against this garbage
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Horrendous from Gordon.
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2 hours ago, SweeperDee said:
How does one bet on the “economy will perform worse” market?Loads of ways. You can short stocks, buy commodity futures and invest in inflation hedges. Depends really on what you mean exactly when you predict the economy will perform worse.
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Great to see some kind words from our Doric friends.
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My holiday is nearly over. Any good news apart from the Goldson contract. Or still pretty slow?
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Sensational news! I didn't expect that at all
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Follow Follow Rangers. Season 2023/24
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Essentially a done deal then. £4m seems a bit much for me. Now a young athletic first-choice left back please.