So, after years of making “I’ll never be able to afford to buy property in London” noises, I finally did some actually investigating of possibilities. (Well, OK, what I actually did was say to my mother “Look, I don’t think I’ll be able to get anything, but if it makes you happy, then sure, go on ahead and ask some questions on my behalf.”)

It turns out that I probably can get a more-or-less affordable mortgage that would allow me to buy somewhere. In fact, as a quick look round property websites has just shown me, if I’d looked into this a bit earlier, I’d have had a good chance of being able to buy the (rather nice looking, from the photos) flat two doors down from where I currently live.

So, time get my finances in better order over the next few months…