Do most people who buy a 300k+ house...

[PinkTriangle]

Have a hefty deposit (possibly from making a profit on a previous house sale?) in order to afford mortgage payments?....

Or are can you tell me your secret? What is your line of work?

Our budget is £200k, we only have a£20 deposit ( from our last mortgage, we made a loss in the sale but had paid of about a 1/3 of mortgage). We have okay paying jobs (£25k each) but we're so not looking forward to paying £1000 in mortgage each month. It makes me wonder how others do it :/

[LondonGirl83]

The couple I know don't have a nanny the send their son to nursery which is 1,200 a month.

[TeddyBee]

I hope mine didn't peak! I only just got my first promotion by thirty! Then I had three children so I've had a bit of a hiatus. OH certainly didn't peak at 30, although 40 was a good year :)

[Beaverfeaver2]

Agree - nowadays 30 is just the start of finding the career.

I heard 40 is the current average peak now which makes a lot more sense