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UK house prices plunged by 2.5% in March (Halifax seasonally adjusted)

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  • pickles110564
    pickles110564 Posts: 2,374 Forumite
    pizzagirl wrote: »
    There's no harm in hearing good news more than once. ;)
    Go back to the other thread and you can hear it all over again.:beer:
  • themanbearpig
    themanbearpig Posts: 481 Forumite
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    sabretoothtigger wrote: »
    Why does this graph look almost positive for the future, shocking
    Surely theres another clifftop fall coming or what is all the bother about:confused:


    vynk44.gif

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7980813.stm


    I don't know why the BBC chose to use this graph.
    Most people won't understand that its a rate of change.
  • Cannon_Fodder
    Cannon_Fodder Posts: 3,980 Forumite
    themanbearpig wrote: »
    I don't know why the BBC chose to use this graph.
    Most people won't understand that its a rate of change.


    I think you have answered your own question...
  • Dan:_4
    Dan:_4 Posts: 3,795 Forumite
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    themanbearpig wrote: »
    I don't know why the BBC chose to use this graph.
    Most people won't understand that its a rate of change.

    lol.....this graph is worshiped by every HPCer on MSE and HPC.co.uk. Suddenly it shows an upward spark and the whole graph is useless. Classic.
  • FungusFighter
    FungusFighter Posts: 1,163 Forumite
    themanbearpig wrote: »
    I don't know why the BBC chose to use this graph.
    Most people won't understand that its a rate of change.

    It looks the biz and for a nano-second of tv time it has the desired effect of scareing the punters witless:eek:
    You can't win an argument with a stupid person.

    I'm dyslexic ie I can't be @rsed to check for typos
  • sabretoothtigger
    sabretoothtigger Posts: 10,036 Forumite
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    I think similar graphs for inflation occur , the raw figures are very erratic so this appears to be alot easier to view
  • System
    System Posts: 178,377 Community Admin
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    Dan: wrote: »
    lol.....this graph is worshiped by every HPCer on MSE and HPC.co.uk. Suddenly it shows an upward spark and the whole graph is useless. Classic.

    :rotfl:........
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  • StevieJ
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    Generali wrote: »
    easy mistake to make

    You would say that Gen :D
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ
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    RDB wrote: »
    UK House Prices Plunge Over the Cliff



    diamond.gifhouse_cliff.jpgUK house prices plunged by 2.5% in March (Halifax seasonally adjusted), the fall was far bigger than estimates and points to an acceleration in the pace of house price falls across the UK.



    http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article4256.html


    A bit late it was last Wednesday :cool:
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    You would say that Gen :D

    I think I did much the same thing a while back when discussing dividends or something.
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