A mum complained she was ‘trapped’ in the £850k home she is unable to sell and Twitter wasn’t exactly overflowing with sympathy
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Who does she think should step in and pay the difference between her imagined “value” and the real value? Younger taxpayers, many of whom didn’t have the chance to buy their first house for pennies in the 80s and see property explode in value over the next decades?
— Boiled Frog (@BoiledFrog45) April 21, 2026
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Very similar houses in the area (some with larger gardens) are selling for £595k. I wonder what the problem is… https://t.co/4COJBjy0Z9
— FunkLip (@funkomi) April 21, 2026
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I can’t sell my car because no one is willing to pay more than £500 for it, but I’ve decided it’s worth £2,000,000. Clearly, everyone else is wrong. https://t.co/dSj8w0xwKJ
— Council Estate Media (@cem_uk_) April 21, 2026
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British people have a weird and moralistic relationship with prices. Market equilibrium doesn’t mean anything to a lot of us. What buyers are willing to pay and sellers are willing to offer are irrelevant. There is a belief in a “real” price based on what you think you deserve. https://t.co/8X0t1xApOQ
— Peter Hague (@peterrhague) April 21, 2026
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Help, I’m trapped with a $250,000 Beanie Baby collection and I can’t sell it!
The government should bail me out and make the youth pay. pic.twitter.com/ti2JbI8vOt— Willy G. Wonka (@_BrotherGreg_) April 21, 2026
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A house put at a price that is too high to be sold obviously isn’t actually worth that price.
Boomers are delusional babies who feel the world owes their “investments” a “pay off” no matter how poorly-made they were. https://t.co/OrCzBeFdH2
— ☀️AliquisNovus☀️ (@PalmyrPar) April 21, 2026
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It’s a £650k home. That’s why you’re trapped. https://t.co/Yr6frpvYmq https://t.co/9sK57TSZzG
— Moving Home with Charlie (@moving_charlie) April 21, 2026
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I’m struggling to sell my £1.5m spoon. Please help 🙏 pic.twitter.com/Kel44jI6YN
— Adrian (@adrian31973) April 21, 2026
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Why do the papers keep printing these “My house isn’t worth what it’s on the market for” stories? https://t.co/mygItWCuuO
— Steve Loftus (@LoftusSteve) April 21, 2026
And also.
Found it on RightMove… She feels entitled to £410k profit. https://t.co/Pigrk4xnNZ pic.twitter.com/gmYf0CC2IN
— David Stillwell (@david_stillwell) April 21, 2026
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