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The wishful thinking about house prices smacks of dotcom delusion

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  • Wookster
    Wookster Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    What's the next boom going to be in?

    Well that is the million dollar question isn't it. Recovery & growth will no doubt be tied to the next boom.

    After the bursting of the property bubble in Japan in the 1990s, there hasn't been a boom. Could this be an indication of things to come?

    There is much talk of a green revolution but I can't see what the revenue model around it would be.
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    Wookster wrote: »
    Well that is the million dollar question isn't it. Recovery & growth will no doubt be tied to the next boom.

    After the bursting of the property bubble in Japan in the 1990s, there hasn't been a boom. Could this be an indication of things to come?

    There is much talk of a green revolution but I can't see what the revenue model around it would be.

    I'm thinking of buying up bungalows. With an ageing population fewer people will want to live in flats. :cool:
  • slipthru
    slipthru Posts: 626 Forumite
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    I'm thinking of buying up bungalows. With an ageing population fewer people will want to live in flats. :cool:

    Wouldn't ground floor flats be suitable too?
    In Progress!!!
  • mbga9pgf
    mbga9pgf Posts: 3,224 Forumite
    How about bedspace at dignitas?
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    I liked this article, too.

    If only all were so sensible....
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