Nucking futs, this. I have a bunch of money in an ISA coz I'm saving for a deposit on a flat. I have enough for (and this is with inflation btw) a 4-bed house in 1982. It's not even close to enough for a 1-bed flat in 2025. WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THE MONEY, EMMA!??!?! - ThreadSky

soozuk.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Nucking futs, this. I have a bunch of money in an ISA coz I'm saving for a deposit on a flat. I have enough for (and this is with inflation btw) a 4-bed house in 1982. It's not even close to enough for a 1-bed flat in 2025. WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THE MONEY, EMMA!??!?!

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snackcube.bsky.social•3 days ago

Have you considered Roulette?

adeencityartsboard.bsky.social•3 days ago

Emma wants to give it to wealth hoarders like all the other money we have. They hate seeing money just sitting there in the cold wet UK, when they could have it instead, sitting somewhere warm and sunny...

bd-angry.bsky.social•3 days ago

Have you tried cutting back on Greg’s sausage rolls?*
*Northern version of posh coffees & such crap.

chromaticchameleon.bsky.social•3 days ago

Run for Parliament I mean you might just make enough money off of kickbacks to get that 4 bed house

digitalanalogue.bsky.social•3 days ago

Have you tried crypto investments? Maybe start your own $sooz coin you could be the next ummm rug pull specialist, it's a very presidential thing to do.

soozuk.bsky.social•3 days ago

PS Someone will now advise to me to do something I have already considered and don't want to do at all.

johnnybiscuits.bsky.social•3 days ago

You need to put half into a chrome-clamped B.E.E.F.Y. and massage the rest around some highly infectious saucepan funds. That should increase the levity pump by 3.5 ticks. You'll thank me later.

cambunton.bsky.social•3 days ago

Have you considered withdrawing it all in cash, folding it into an origami viking longboat, then setting it on fire and watching it drift down the Thames? 🫠

soozuk.bsky.social•3 days ago

ok i'm doing this

videopolis.bsky.social•3 days ago

Buy Mega Drive games?

thekingdommy.bsky.social•3 days ago

So you're not going to stick it all on the 6 trap at Romford dogs then.

garethwatkins.bsky.social•3 days ago

soozuk.bsky.social•3 days ago

matttimson.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s the internet way.

gordonismyname.bsky.social•3 days ago

If it’s a lifetime ISA, bear in mind there are penalties for cashing in if you’re not putting it towards a house purchase. Unless you wait until you’re 60…

danieltunnard.bsky.social•3 days ago

Is it "a stocks and shares ISA"?

soozuk.bsky.social•3 days ago

nyooooooop

mrsjc.bsky.social•3 days ago

Phone Las Vegas and put it all on red. 👍

sonofcathan.bsky.social•3 days ago

You could invest in a Government Minister. A big outlay but a massive return.

soozuk.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oooo and evidence suggests they're bought for relatively little! I could invest in a few!

robinnason.bsky.social•3 days ago

£50k into premium bonds.

sylvie-62.bsky.social•3 days ago

2008 never happened… if we set the same pre-conditions, it simply wouldn’t happen again and the reason? The reason is that the commentariat have access-driven amnesia and would not dare question a minister forensically enough….. sigh

matthewdaly.co.uk•3 days ago

The four bedroom house I grew up in was sold in 1994.

I have enough squirrelled away that I could buy it twice over for what it was sold for. It wouldn't be half what it would sell for now.

soozuk.bsky.social•3 days ago

To put a deposit on a 1-bed flat where I live in 1982 you would need about £8000 (in 2025 money, this is ALLOWING for inflation). In 2025 you need close to £40k depending on your job. Therefore I need MORE than that.

paolodigroomia.bsky.social•2 days ago

The deposit on our house was £150,000 and that was only just enough. We could only manage that because my beloved grandparents died and we sold their bungalow. That’s the only way our age group buy houses now.

matthewdaly.co.uk•2 days ago

It's taken me 25 years to save the same amount up. I'm now old enough retirement age will be a factor in me getting a mortgage.

paolodigroomia.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, honestly I don’t mean it to be a flex, we were kind of forced into buying the house by our landlords and it was a real scrabble and lots of stress with my dad who’s health was also failing. Lots of arguments with the landlords as well. Is pretty fucked up, not how you should buy a house.

janecnolan.bsky.social•3 days ago

There are billions of pounds in ISAs because not everyone is comfortable having their life fucking savings blown out because "the markets" decided to have a bad day. PS it's none of your goddamned business what I choose to do with my money, EMMA.

trecoolx.bsky.social•3 days ago

So many people are "why can't people do what I DO?" brained. Fuck off, EMMA.

soozuk.bsky.social•3 days ago

EMMA! You're in the LABOUR Party!

janecnolan.bsky.social•3 days ago

blAAGUUGHGHHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

neilturner.me.uk•3 days ago

Exactly this. There are so many people who cannot afford to lose their savings because the markets were spooked by a new plagiarism app from China.

samwhyte.bsky.social•3 days ago

Can't believe you didn't plough that into a doomed tech start up years ago, Sooz.

soozuk.bsky.social•3 days ago

My bad!

lemonhail.bsky.social•3 days ago

Invest it in a tech bubble right now or Rachel Reeves will take your money and do it for you.

soozuk.bsky.social•3 days ago

Rachel NO I don't want this!

alexmorss.bsky.social•3 days ago

Buy a revolution? Sorry that’s my best suggestion.

u-bilbo.bsky.social•3 days ago

Netflix has just jacked its price up on me and I do like smashed avocados and your money is just sitting there like so…

edsinclair.bsky.social•3 days ago

Is Emma hinting that everyone with spare cash should be investing in 2nd (buy-to-rent) properties? Is there a reason they’d want more landlordism, or am I reading too much into this?

paulwallace.at•3 days ago

What about this alley in Walthamstow? https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/158407349?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3pAmCG4gvtjUNs3YtYJBlvpydKCf4H6EDULV5GQeHnDMPn2YEHugBVO-A_aem_hytLsd1IMc_0zS_8jWwGSA#/?channel=RES_BUY

soozuk.bsky.social•3 days ago

I know this a joke post but: cash purchase only.

samwhyte.bsky.social•3 days ago

When I was looking there were SO many "cash buyer onlys" and you could easily tell which were "BTL landlords only" and which were "you can't mortgage this coz it might burst into flames"

paulwallace.at•3 days ago

We're not quite at the point of Mortgages on alleyways, but we can't be far off.

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