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So they are more or less the same figures as the LR just 3 months advanced and only 23% of total?
That seems to be the case, looking over the last year or so, yes....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Haliwide are not asking prices, they are completion prices.
As per chucky, I belive they are mortgage approvals.0 -
I know that but so do halifax and nationwide.
It covers more sales than any other HPI mesure.
Halifax and Nationwide might well do some mortgages on places sold by court orders (which includes repossessions). They also may well do newbuilds, which I vaguely think the LR might not....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Halifax and Nationwide might well do some mortgages on places sold by court orders (which includes repossessions). They also may well do newbuilds, which I vaguely think the LR might not.
LR does not include newbuild, only when resold (but given what people say about newbuild falls that should benefit HPCers).
But neither did it during the boom so statisticaly the figures are solid.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Political polls tend to question 2,000 people as to who they would vote for, and aren't much out.
point taken but polls ask who you've voted for and is a bit more binary than sold house prices.
for example Halifax and Nationwide take mortgage approvals not the final price. they are also quite regional.
you can't go and do a political poll and do it regionally and say that this is the case across the country.
i'm not saying they are wrong, they need to be taken at the value of what they are.0 -
point taken but polls ask who you've voted for and is a bit more binary than sold house prices.
for example Halifax and Nationwide take mortgage approvals not the final price. they are also quite regional.
you can't go and do a political poll and do it regionally and say that this is the case across the country.
i'm not saying they are wrong, they need to be taken at the value of what they are.
On that was it the last election where quiet a few opinion polls were predicting a conservative win.
Opinion and statistical data are two different things.
On statistics the larger the data sample range the more accurate the figures are.
Eg. an opinion pole gives the view of 2000 people, that will not be representative of an election result though as the general election asks everybody.;)0 -
Basic economics. People will live where the jobs are, therefore people need to live near those jobs. Fine if you're in a secure job in lovely, lovely Newcastle but jobs are hard to find otherwise in the north east.
Hey, sorry to take this off topic (like that ever stops anyone else)but someone has cloned my username.0 -
Hey, sorry to take this off topic (like that ever stops anyone else)but someone has cloned my username.
Ah, but you see, you're JanCee, see, and he/she is jancee. There's a difference of two capital letters, see. Not to mention the potential Jancee and janCee, or indeed Jan_Cee, jan_cee and just Jan, see. (And I bet I've left some out too!)
But they're not clones so much as hybrids, if you see what I mean, JanCee. To be clones they'd need to be identical, see?:rotfl:0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Haliwide are not asking prices, they are completion prices.
My understanding is that they are the prices on which the mortgage is originally agreed. If the buyer gazunders, that lower price won't show up in Haliwide.0 -
strange as it may sound, the accuracy of UK psephologists (populus, etc)has steadily improved over the past 20+ yrs, as their questioning techniques have become more refined.On that was it the last election where quiet a few opinion polls were predicting a conservative win.
Opinion and statistical data are two different things.
On statistics the larger the data sample range the more accurate the figures are.
Eg. an opinion pole gives the view of 2000 people, that will not be representative of an election result though as the general election asks everybody.;)
from a poll-buyers point of view (papers, tv channels, etc) this is just as well, because commisioning a poll is pricey.
however, some 'rogue' polls still get through.
ultimately, the 'poll of polls' and 'exit poll' measurements have demonstrated high levels of accuracy since '87.
er.. sorry...gone off-post again.....miladdo0
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