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House Price Boom Starts Again.......
HAMISH_MCTAVISH
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What a refreshing change all this good news is.:D
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”
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Well if the express says so it must be true. Better go get myself a 125% mortgage quick0
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I hope your tongue is firmly in your cheek on this one Hamish, that kind of headline is pretty irresponsible journalism IMHO
The stupidity of that headline is sublime.0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
What a refreshing change all this good news is.:D
Reading the other story on the front is that a jail where you receive a wax everyday?:D0 -
Those girls look awrite. I'll do the waxing0
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Shows a shift though, the press is now just starting to try to be the first to forecast a boom starting.
I would go through the article to debunk it, but can we all just agree it's the Daily Express and therefore it will be uninformed sensationalism which cherry picks a few unreferenced high numbers to give an impression which isn't borne out on the ground? "Highest rise since the market was falling" is not a great indicator.
Actually though, one figure yesterday that was missed was a 12% increase in output from carmakers. That is genuinely good news, and quite surprising.0 -
Bloody Express, bloody Hamish, bloody houses, stupid rises. This is going to give my Express reading, house price bull friend a right boost. This is it now, no way is he ever going to believe house prices will go down again.Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.0
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I hope your tongue is firmly in your cheek on this one Hamish, that kind of headline is pretty irresponsible journalism IMHO
Innacurate, possibly. Overly optimistic, almost certainly.
But irresponsible? Far from it.....
What this country, and economy, needs now is a concerted campaign of good news to rebuild consumer confidence and spur genuine spending to solidify the recovery.
The more people believe the crash is over, the more likely it is to genuinely be over, as normal levels of activity come back.
Self fulfilling prophecy, and all that....;)“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
and how reassuring that the d.express remains the authentic oracle on all matters housing.0
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Sweet Jesus. Another house price boom is good news is it?HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Innacurate, possibly. Overly optimistic, almost certainly.
But irresponsible? Far from it.....
What this country, and economy, needs now is a concerted campaign of good news to rebuild consumer confidence and spur genuine spending to solidify the recovery.
The more people believe the crash is over, the more likely it is to genuinely be over, as normal levels of activity come back.
Self fulfilling prophecy, and all that....;)
You are so full of it.Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.0 -
Actually though, one figure yesterday that was missed was a 12% increase in output from carmakers. That is genuinely good news, and quite surprising.
Not really seeing as they had cut stocks to the bone by cutting or stopping production previously.'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 Thatcher0
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