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  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    Really2 wrote: »
    Perhaps now it is sold you can give us the address so we can check that out when LR comes out?

    And for what it is worth I don't believe you, sorry but your are to VI and I know you want to buy so sorry, I don't beleive that but I am very, very, happy to be proved wrong.


    Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not in the habit of giving out personal details to starngers on the interweb.

    Never mind, eh.

    Go and play with Graham instead.
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    dfh wrote: »
    In addition I do not harbour the following prejudices
    1.Homeowners are somehow superior to people that rent.
    2.People who rent need training.
    3.People who rent don't have decent jobs.

    I seem to remember this country got on very well when house prices were affordable.

    I don't think home owners are all Selfish Greedy either.:T

    There is an equal spread through society of all.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Really2 wrote: »
    Hi Graham.:)

    Yer, I said that once so obvious nearlynew is me!! You, sir, are a bloody genius.

    You should stop whinging about being the victim constantly, and concentrate on not winding people up the wrong way.

    Now i know your age, I find it highly bizzare you'd go to such lenghts on here.
  • dfh
    dfh Posts: 1,073 Forumite
    edited 6 August 2009 at 6:54PM
    I agree a house price crash will not benefit a lot of people and I don't want people to lose their houses.But what we need to remember is that it is the crazy HPI that brought it all in the first place.What needs to happen is for house prices to stagnate for a while and then rise at sensible levels in line with inflation.That way people can enjoy their homes instead of always thinking about equity,etc.
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    dfh wrote: »
    In addition I do not harbour the following prejudices
    1.Homeowners are somehow superior to people that rent.
    2.People who rent need training.
    3.People who rent don't have decent jobs.

    I seem to remember this country got on very well when house prices were affordable.

    when was that then?
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    nearlynew wrote: »
    Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not in the habit of giving out personal details to starngers on the interweb.

    Never mind, eh.

    Go and play with Graham instead.

    No that's fine. So I will carry on thinking that you sold at market value like the rest of the country.

    Non of your arguments have convinced me you are some kind of social landlord.
  • dfh
    dfh Posts: 1,073 Forumite
    Really2 wrote: »
    I don't think home owners are all Selfish Greedy either.:T

    There is an equal spread through society of all.

    I agree.I was merely referring to the tone of some of the posts here which seemed to imply that they were somehow superior because they were homeowners.
    Lots of nasty tenants out there as well !
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    edited 6 August 2009 at 3:51PM
    Yer, I said that once so obvious nearlynew is me!! You, sir, are a bloody genius.

    You should stop whinging about being the victim constantly, and concentrate on not winding people up the wrong way.

    Now i know your age, I find it highly bizzare you'd go to such lenghts on here.

    It's a joke Graham as per the:)

    Was it to subtle? Shall i go "joke for forum:)"

    What does the last comment mean:confused:

    But your right Graham I should abandon all logic then go off in a huff when proved wrong.:)
  • Dan:_4
    Dan:_4 Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    dfh wrote: »
    I agree a house price crash will not benefit a lot of people and I don't want people to lose their houses.But what we need to remember is that it is the crazy HPI that brought at all in the first place.What needs to happen is for house prices to stagnate for a while and then rise at sensible levels in line with inflation.That way people can enjoy their homes instead of always thinking about equity,etc.

    Sensible post dfh - and something I have been saying for ages.
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    Really2 wrote: »
    No that's fine. So I will carry on thinking that you sold at market value like the rest of the country.

    I did sell at the market value.

    But in order to sell, I had to first acknowledge that the market value had dropped.

    That's the difference between me and "the rest of the country"

    It is not 2007 anymore and the funny money that propped up our phony economy is no longer available to support such high prices.








    (cue supply and demand arguments :rolleyes:)
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
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