Comments on: Subscriber Swap Saturday: Green Panda Treehouse http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/05/30/subscriber-swap-saturday-green-panda-treehouse/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=subscriber-swap-saturday-green-panda-treehouse A personal finance blog teaching you how to live debt free and use credit wisely. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:18:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve in Denmarkhttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/05/30/subscriber-swap-saturday-green-panda-treehouse/#comment-22353 Steve in Denmark Sun, 31 May 2009 13:44:59 +0000 http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=2957#comment-22353 I'm interested in the part where this lady - and a lot of other people over that side of the Pond - says she is saving for a down-payment on a house. I did too, when I bought my first place back in 1984. I'm now in Denmark and when we bought this one a couple of years ago, I put a quarter of the price into this house as down-payment. If you ask me, one of the main reasons the UK house market was and still is, in such a state, is that people didn't seem save any money for a % down-payment on their first house. I think it should be compulsory. Like here in Denmark, when you buy a car, it is compulsory to have a deposit/down-payment of 20%. I'm not sure if it is for buying a house - I wasn't too good with the language then and anyway, I put in 1/4 with my own money, so that was ok! That's my 5 Kroner's worth anyway, tak skal du have. I'm off to try and keep the Crows off the Blue Tits' fat balls... I’m interested in the part where this lady – and a lot of other people over that side of the Pond – says she is saving for a down-payment on a house.

I did too, when I bought my first place back in 1984. I’m now in Denmark and when we bought this one a couple of years ago, I put a quarter of the price into this house as down-payment.

If you ask me, one of the main reasons the UK house market was and still is, in such a state, is that people didn’t seem save any money for a % down-payment on their first house. I think it should be compulsory. Like here in Denmark, when you buy a car, it is compulsory to have a deposit/down-payment of 20%. I’m not sure if it is for buying a house – I wasn’t too good with the language then and anyway, I put in 1/4 with my own money, so that was ok!

That’s my 5 Kroner’s worth anyway, tak skal du have. I’m off to try and keep the Crows off the Blue Tits’ fat balls…

]]> By: hustlerhttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/05/30/subscriber-swap-saturday-green-panda-treehouse/#comment-22299 hustler Sat, 30 May 2009 19:50:01 +0000 http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=2957#comment-22299 Automated savings is something that's really helped me. Like you, I would only save what was left over. Now, my savings go directly to my savings and I don't like to touch that account unless it's a true emergency. Fast food used to eat up what little money I had left over, and now there's no way I would take money out of savings just to go to McDonalds! Automated savings is something that’s really helped me. Like you, I would only save what was left over. Now, my savings go directly to my savings and I don’t like to touch that account unless it’s a true emergency. Fast food used to eat up what little money I had left over, and now there’s no way I would take money out of savings just to go to McDonalds!

]]> By: Laurahttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/05/30/subscriber-swap-saturday-green-panda-treehouse/#comment-22296 Laura Sat, 30 May 2009 17:21:30 +0000 http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=2957#comment-22296 Thanks for having me on Subscriber Swap! Thanks for having me on Subscriber Swap!

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