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Bears miss bottom of market...

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  • Ron2256
    Ron2256 Posts: 180 Forumite
    mr.broderick wrote: »
    Quite easy to come on and predict falls now isn't it ron ?
    Where were you 12 months ago when it was all in the balance ?
    Woodwork...come out of ... ?

    Again, you are 100% right. It's too easy.
    So why can't you (and pickles) see where the market is going?
    More bearish than bullish at the moment
  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    Ron2256 wrote: »
    Again, you are 100% right. It's too easy.
    So why can't you (and pickles) see where the market is going?

    It's easier to predict falls...emphasis on predicts ron.
  • brit1234
    brit1234 Posts: 5,385 Forumite
    mr.broderick wrote: »
    It's easy to come on now at this stage preaching doom and gloom with the current situation but where were these pundits when the market was in the balance, when the gamble was there and it took balls to make. It's why i don't respect the resident bears on here,

    Mr Broderick
    I haven't just jumped on the doom and gloom bandwagon, I have been aware and speaking out for years. Have a look at the link below for Housepricedebate.co.uk.

    http://www.housepricedebate.co.uk/search.php?searchid=13532&pp=25&page=10

    Here are my 251 comments from discussions with house price bulls from September 07 onwards to about February 08. Here while out number and before the cracks appeared I out debated them through solid argument. They lost and if you read my arguments and prediction you will happen to see them all come true to my time scale.

    Now I put to you Mr Broderick lets have a debate with solid argument on the subjects. My stance is well defined in the posts in the link above so you will see I am not just adapting to the situation.

    Bring it on I challenge you, Pickles, Dan, BLTnewbie and any one else up for strong argument.
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  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    brit1234 wrote: »
    Mr Broderick
    I haven't just jumped on the doom and gloom bandwagon, I have been aware and speaking out for years. Have a look at the link below for Housepricedebate.co.uk.

    http://www.housepricedebate.co.uk/search.php?searchid=13532&pp=25&page=10

    Here are my 251 comments from discussions with house price bulls from September 07 onwards to about February 08. Here while out number and before the cracks appeared I out debated them through solid argument. They lost and if you read my arguments and prediction you will happen to see them all come true to my time scale.

    Now I put to you Mr Broderick lets have a debate with solid argument on the subjects. My stance is well defined in the posts in the link above so you will see I am not just adapting to the situation.

    Bring it on I challenge you, Pickles, Dan, BLTnewbie and any one else up for strong argument.

    Well i did try your link but it failed. September 07 was definitely bear territory, i'm talking 2005..I've mentioned him a few times and i definitely had some great heated arguments with him, meanmachine, i thanked his posts back then and still do now. He stayed consisitent throughout and i am sure his patience will be rewarded.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Ron2256 wrote: »
    My prediction? Well, this is far from being exciting I am afraid. I've polished the good all crystal ball and I predict a fall of between 1 & 2% per month which is in my view pretty conservative.
    What do you think then?

    I reckon a fall of 3% in June, and about 2% in each of July, August, and September. Possibly rising again to c . 3% in October.
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  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    mr.broderick wrote: »
    Whoops... Looks like !!!!!!,Carolt etc have missed the bottom..(again) :confused: ..Don't worry according to squatnow it will be around again in 18 years :rotfl:

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=967857

    I don't think it is the bottom yet.
    Probably best till you see a few months of stabalisation or increases before you can call that
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    brit1234 wrote: »
    But didn't ARLA say rents had fallen by 9%. :rotfl:

    Actually ARLA said achievable rents were rising all over the UK.
    The said that the percentage of members reporting rises had dropped 7%-9%

    It should also be worth bearing in mind that ARLA is very London and South East biased

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=11622673&postcount=18

    ARLA's Report
    http://www.arla.co.uk/news/0906ARLAMembersSurvey1.pdf
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    I had the estate agents round in Aug 2005 to price up ... but then never got round to it. Finally went to market in June 2006.

    I was bricking it by Xmas 2006, thought it was all over and I'd missed the boat. Thought I was stuck there for another 7 years.

    Then Eureka! A buyer.

    Been completed a year now. My how time flies.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    The bottom is years away... 2010 minimum.

    Still got to see the kitty bounce yet.
  • JonnyBravo
    JonnyBravo Posts: 4,103 Forumite
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    brit1234 wrote: »
    Bring it on I challenge you, Pickles, Dan, BLTnewbie and any one else up for strong argument.

    Oh, you mean you want to post some "big funny pictures"? :rolleyes:

    Excuse the cheap shot. Hard to resist. ;)

    Sept '07 hardly qualifies you as prescient though, does it?
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