Why the intolerance of other people's views?

Cannon_Fodder

londonlandlady wrote: »

In fact, savvy investors are already starting to snap up bargains.

A bargain today, will probably NOT be a bargain tomorrow.

Wait 6 months, and get a REAL bargain.

ess0two

Gangstabird wrote: »

Because I would not give anyone advice right now on the housing markets as it's so rubbish.

How dare you come on here and give advice. Are you an Independent Financial Advisor? I doubt you are as you would not be allowed on here.

You are either someone who is desparate or just making fun of this board. Which is fine, but don't expect real people to listen.

And what quantifies you to pass comment on how rubbish the market is?or whether to buy or not?,this place is full of bitter renters and cranks expecting 50% falls.

dervish

GDB2222 wrote: »

I just suppose it gets shouted down because it's such an incredibly dangerous view. Some financially naive people might get badly hurt if they act on the notion that house prices are about to bounce back.



Name three, please.


By the way, you're not that equestrian fella in disguise are you?

'She' has an almost entirely similar syntactic, lexical and grammatic way of writing to 'hoseinthehat'... COINCIDENCE...?

londonlandlady

Gangstabird wrote: »

Because I would not give anyone advice right now on the housing markets as it's so rubbish.

You've just advised that the housing market is "rubbish."

How dare you come on here and give advice. Are you an Independent Financial Advisor? I doubt you are as you would not be allowed on here.

1) I don't need to be an independent financial advisor to offer advice on the housing market.

2) Plenty of people who aren't independent financial advisors, including yourself, have offered negative views on the housing market. Have you queried their right to do so? Or is it that you don't object to people giving advice on the housing market, but rather to people who hold a less pessimistic view of the market than you do?

GDB2222

andys15 wrote: »

I would say 90% of people in here fall under this category, they are being pathetic, and cannot handle the fact that they still cant get on the ladder and probably never will. they are in denial and any talk other than they will fall more is too much for them.

OK, then, I'm in the other 10%. Why do you think I am saying prices will continue to go down for another year or two?

Max_Headroom_3

londonlandlady wrote: »

Of course things aren't looking good at the moment but the Nationwide and Halifax indices are exaggerating the falls. Prices have risen so much over the last ten years that they needed to pause for breath before resuming their upwards trajectory.

Funded by...?

Interesting that Brodders has suddenly made a re-appearance along with London Horse and Landlady in Hat by the way.

mymatebob

londonlandlady wrote: »

I have been lurking on this forum and am appalled at how anyone with anything positive to say about house prices is immediately shouted down. House prices will bounce back, just like they always do. In fact, savvy investors are already starting to snap up bargains. A lot of people seem to be harbouring jealousy and bitterness at the financial success which has been enjoyed by canny property investors over the last decade.

To get back to your point asking why people are shouted down.
Some people come on here and say that the market has reached rock bottom and can only go upwards. Indicating that now is the time to buy.
Unfortunately this is never supported by evidence.
It tends to be "I have heard things" or "My mate who works in the City swears that"

With this type of backing it is no wonder that people take no notice of what these posters are saying and actively try to diminish their arguments.

To see someone shouting "BUY NOW" is annoying and ill informed as a generalisation (there may well be specific cases for buying) but the market will recover when it recovers. Not before.

If you want to provide examples to show that all is well and things can only get better then go ahead.

Pobby

Me being an old b-gger. Just been reading my edition of Money Week ( not that I am sure that they are so savvy as the op ). Things to get out of

1 Property
2 Buy to let
3 Commercial property

Could they all be bubbles?

londonlandlady

Max_Headroom wrote: »

Funded by...?

Mortgages? Even now I can get a 4x income mortgage on the HSBC mortgage calculator. And in case you haven't noticed, a $700bn bailout of the banks is about to be pushed through in America. That will increase the availability of cheap credit. In the past, people have sought help from their parents to get on the ladder, or bought together with friends. I see no reason why this cannot continue. The market is underpinned by the strong desire to own property in the UK. You can see it even in the doom-mongers' posts.

PasturesNew

ess0two wrote: »

cranks expecting 50% falls.

1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1066249/Barratt-selling-new-homes-HALF-PRICE-property-values-fall-record-12-4-year.html
2] http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/10/02/barratt-selling-new-homes-for-half-price-as-property-market-crashes-115875-20765443/