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MSE News: UK house prices up by 8.4% in 2013, Nationwide says
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"House prices rose by 8.4% over 2013 across the UK – the biggest annual increase since June 2010, says Nationwide..."
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UK house prices up by 8.4% in 2013, Nationwide says
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UK house prices up by 8.4% in 2013, Nationwide says
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It's progress. Should hit 10%+ UK wide in 2014.Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0
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Excellent news, and prices up in every region of the country.
Great to see the recovery is now strengthening across the whole UK and no longer confined to a few hotspots.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
Excellent news for who? I want my child to be able to afford a house in a few years, not have to reply on me for a handout I can't afford on top of university fees. This bubble will eventually burst just like all the others.Been away for a while.0
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What's this bubble. Prices were lower in 2009 but people still were not able to get mortgages to buy. Prices are now higher and people those people can't afford to buy. If prices fall in the future, interest rates will probably be so high, people won't be able to afford the higher repayments on their lower priced properties.
I think we all have to accept that there will be more people who will never be able to buy their own home. Times are changing. More people will have to rent like most of Europe.0 -
Running_Horse wrote: »Excellent news for who? I want my child to be able to afford a house in a few years, not have to reply on me for a handout I can't afford on top of university fees. This bubble will eventually burst just like all the others.
You don't pay university fees up front anymore. They are paid through the tax from the person that went to university if they earn over a certain amount. The parents don't pay anything. The system changed a few years ago.0 -
trully amazing given that incomes are stagnating, energy prices are riseing at three times average salaries, train fares are up about 3% and food prices are riseing too0
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The good news on this morning's radio news was that First Time Buyer numbers are driving much of this improvement in the housing market0
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What sort of a "recovery" is built on inflated non-productive asset prices.
All good pyramids need to suck in new investors. Help to buy into the insolvent bank bailout housing bubble at the expense of savings and pensions seems to be working as intended, pandering to smug mortgage welfare recipients in time for the next election.'We don't need to be smarter than the rest; we need to be more disciplined than the rest.' - WB0 -
What sort of a "recovery" is built on inflated non-productive asset prices.
All good pyramids need to suck in new investors. Help to buy into the insolvent bank bailout housing bubble at the expense of savings and pensions seems to be working as intended, pandering to smug mortgage welfare recipients in time for the next election.
Thanks for playing today's round of 'Crashaholic Bingo'.
Unfortunately, you missed out "crumbling piles of bricks" so no prize for you.
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
If prices are up by 8%+ shouldn't this be an indicator of where the mortgage interest rates are heading shortly?0
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