Bloody hell Bravo73, I nearly fell off my seat when I read your post. You may be a clued up guy when it comes to aviation, but I'd DEFINATELY leave the financial advising to someone else!
Housing is sitting right at the peak of the biggest bubble in history; not somewhere I'd be putting my money right now. Even the lovely Miss Sarah Beaney is predicting its all about to go bottoms up.
www.housepricecrash.co.uk may be a good read for some.