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Times Newspaper Report Advises To Buy Property Now!

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  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    [FONT=&quot]Hmm…article based on the musings of an estate agency “head of research”, a property finders firm and a mortgage expert?

    Why would people in that line of work want anyone to view now as a good time to buy? ;)
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  • barnaby-bear
    barnaby-bear Posts: 4,142 Forumite
    tbs624 wrote: »
    [FONT=&quot]Hmm…article based on the musings of an estate agency “head of research”, a property finders firm and a mortgage expert? [/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Why would people in that line of work want anyone to view now as a good time to buy? ;)[/FONT]


    Ooooh was it written by the ugliest old trout in the pond.... Rosie Millard....
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    tbs624 wrote: »
    [FONT=&quot]Hmm…article based on the musings of an estate agency “head of research”, a property finders firm and a mortgage expert?

    Why would people in that line of work want anyone to view now as a good time to buy? ;)
    [/FONT]


    For anyone who missed this very important post due to the very tiny type! ;)
  • pickledpink
    pickledpink Posts: 763 Forumite
    Who would you expect then to write the article ? A poodle breeder?:rotfl:
  • geoffky
    geoffky Posts: 6,835 Forumite
    Games up i am afraid no amount of ramping is going to stop it getting worse..remember this is the fastest falling market since recent records began... .
    It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
    Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
    If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
    If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
    If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.
  • Bungarm2001
    Bungarm2001 Posts: 686 Forumite
    You can't blame them for trying...they're all drowning, not waving..! ;)
  • Austin_Allegro
    Austin_Allegro Posts: 1,462 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Cashed-up investors are massing, Bailey says, “desperate not to be the last to see the bottom of the market”.

    LOL hilarious! A straightforward inversion of the same psycho-twaddle that the vested interests were peddling on the way up, is now being used on the way down! When will these clowns realise that the game's up and the pyramid scam that is UK property is collapsing? :rotfl: :mad: :rotfl:

    If the credit crunch is going to last until 2017, why on EARTH would we be seeing the bottom of the market any time soon?
    'Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.' Quentin Crisp
  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    pickledpink wrote: »
    Who would you expect then to write the article ? A poodle breeder?:rotfl:
    A poodle breeder would probably have a more balanced viewpoint, and given that poodles are the intelligentsia of the dog world maybe we should ask for their comments on the housing market too .....:D
  • Conrad
    Conrad Posts: 33,137 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Austin_Allegro wrote: »

    If the credit crunch is going to last until 2017, why on EARTH would we be seeing the bottom of the market any time soon?


    I've been long term bear, but I am now seeing cash rich investors preparing themselves to buy, indeed some are buying now.
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Conrad wrote: »
    I've been long term bear, but I am now seeing cash rich investors preparing themselves to buy, indeed some are buying now.
    Where are they buying?
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
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