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  • themanbearpig
    themanbearpig Posts: 481 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    LOL

    I wonder which bright spark thought this would be a good idea?
  • Cannon_Fodder
    Cannon_Fodder Posts: 3,980 Forumite
    see http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1739993
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    Brit - are you still expecting 50% drops by Christmas?
  • ad9898_3
    ad9898_3 Posts: 3,858 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    Brit - are you still expecting 50% drops by Christmas?

    To be fair chucky, when Brit made those comments, it was before we knew that the government were going to print money to artificially prop up the market, it is working to a degree at this time, however the funny money will eventually stop.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    chucky wrote: »
    Brit - are you still expecting 50% drops by Christmas?

    Have you noticed how it has subtly changed from the market is going to tank this year to 'we expected a Bull trap', charts n'all icon7.gif.
    '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
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    edited 9 June 2009 at 10:30AM
    ad9898 wrote: »
    To be fair chucky, when Brit made those comments, it was before we knew that the government were going to print money to artificially prop up the market, it is working to a degree at this time, however the funny money will eventually stop.

    very true - so you're now saying that the price drops won't be as bad as predicted?
    it sounds like you're now agreeing with Stevie, Dan, Really, the legendary Mr Pickles and myself that the price drops wouldn't be as bad as expected ;)

    i was wondering if Brit still thought that as it's still in his posts.
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Have you noticed how it has subtly changed from the market is going to tank this year to 'we expected a Bull trap', charts n'all icon7.gif.

    we deal in facts with house price numbers increasing or even decreasing.
    RICS reports, Nationwide, Land Registry etc...

    these guys deal in pictures telling us that the future is going to be very bleak and house prices will drop 50% or even 70% ;)
  • ad9898_3
    ad9898_3 Posts: 3,858 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    very true - so you're now saying that the price drops won't be as bad as predicted?
    it sounds like you're now agreeing with Stevie, Dan, Really and myself that the price drops wouldn't be as bad as expected ;)

    i was wondering if Brit still thought that as it's still in his posts.

    TBH, I still feel that the 'normal' recession conditions will drop the market by another 20% over the next 3-4 years, the huge drops predicted before Christmas now seem to have gone away, unless of course another catastrophe awaits us.
  • chriz1000
    chriz1000 Posts: 457 Forumite
    Lol, always thought starting up a rent a crowd business would be lucrative
  • pickles110564
    pickles110564 Posts: 2,374 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    very true - so you're now saying that the price drops won't be as bad as predicted?
    it sounds like you're now agreeing with Stevie, Dan, Really and myself that the price drops wouldn't be as bad as expected ;)

    i was wondering if Brit still thought that as it's still in his posts.

    Chucky, you have upset me. Leaving me off the list is just not cricket!:cry::cry:
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