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'House prices in Britain rose last month, confirming that the slump levelled

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  • Masomnia
    Masomnia Posts: 19,506 Forumite
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    http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/wiki/1990_Newspaper_Headlines

    July for example doesn't look too different to the present.
    “I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    Base rates at 15% is a bit of a chiller. Wonder what the average mortgage was then, compared to now.
  • chopperharris
    chopperharris Posts: 1,027 Forumite
    hate to state the obvious but until there is the same amout of rises concurrent as the previous drops then its nothing proven at all even today.

    Im not being a doomsayer , I hope this a recovery starting , just wanted to give the other side of the spin.
    Have you tried turning it off and on again?
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