Twopper

I am in a bit of a quandary and wouldn't mind hearing the thoughts of a few of the clever people on this site. I currently live (with wife and kids) in a small inherited flat, too small for the family but a nice safety net. We are trying to buy a larger property (yes I know its a bad time to be doing this but we are far too cramped) and we have sale agreed on the flat for a good price - buyer is a investor/landlord. But we can't find anywhere to move to (mainly due to the unrealistic prices people are currently marketing their properties at in my local area) and we are now in danger of losing the sale. The option has been put forward to sell the flat and rent back from LL. I really don't know if this is a good idea, where would I put the cash and am I wise to let go of my families safety net in these uncertain times? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Can anyone offer a bit of advice to a total novice. I have enjoyed holding my gold but need to sell now (mainly Krugs and a couple of Pandas) can anyone advise the best way to sell, who will offer best price and what sort of commission rates I can expect.

I'm going to go and have a look at this tomorrow http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sa...y-32403734.html Only just come on the market but straight away it's for sale by informal tender. Seen local properties go IT after a long time on the market but not straight away. Has anybody got any thoughts on what they hope to achieve by this?

So the AllMon(NSA) is a staggering -2.4% seasonally adjusted to +0.8% AMAZING!

Halifax data out today http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media/pd...January2011.pdf UK House prices JANUARY 2011 (seasonally adjusted) Annual change -2.4% Quarterly change -0.7% Monthly change +0.8% Average Price £164,173 Does anybody know where the NSA figures can be found?

O.5% it is.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economi...h-in-a-row.html

Merv finally admits UK is Donald Ducked. No interset rates increases No pretence of even trying to control inflation infact the complete opposite No chance of borrowing No help for savers Happy new year to all of us in the UK http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economi...ince-1920s.html </H2>

Will you sing that next podcast and is your cockney accent every bit as good as Dick Van Dykes?

Couple of news stories today http://www.cih.org/news/view.php?id=1346 AND http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-21/u...et-weakens.html The pressure increases

In UK - I just want a bit of physical silver as well as buying some in Bullionvault. I will probably go for eagles just because I like them.

Where do you buy your silver coins from?