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House Price Boom Starts Again.......

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  • ad9898_3
    ad9898_3 Posts: 3,858 Forumite
    Given that I have been predicting falls next winter consistently for many months now, then yes I would say it is guaranteed I will still be here.

    As for being smug, I have every right to be.

    I was on hpc from December, and accurately predicted QE, government interventions, the banking bailout, mortgage funding increases, the spring bounce, the zirp policy, etc etc etc.

    At the time, almost every bear in sight denied these things would occur, or claimed they wouldn't work even if they did, and basked in the smugness of "Crash Cruise Speed."

    I have now watched those same bears move from denial, to bargaining, through anger and now into depression. Won't be long now before we get to the acceptance stage.;)


    What happens when the QE stops, when the borrowing has to be paid back, you must know that wages are going to be squeezed even more when taxes rise after the election, public sector cuts, unemployment, inflation in commodities as the world tries to recover........ what then ?, can you give me a serious answer without a rolling head smiley?
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    ad9898 wrote: »
    What happens when the QE stops, when the borrowing has to be paid back, you must know that wages are going to be squeezed even more when taxes rise after the election, public sector cuts, unemployment, inflation in commodities as the world tries to recover........ what then ?, can you give me a serious answer without a rolling head smiley?

    Yes.:money:

    But it's pointless, as you have no desire for serious debate and instead will inevitably just give up and resort to personal attacks.

    You believe in the cult of hpc with a religious fervor. Nothing I say will change your mind. Best just to wait and see for yourself.
    “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”
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    Yes.:money:

    But it's pointless, as you have no desire for serious debate and instead will inevitably just give up and resort to personal attacks.

    You believe in the cult of hpc with a religious fervor. Nothing I say will change your mind. Best just to wait and see for yourself.

    Heres a serious debate for you.

    Explain to me please, what's good about high house prices, or house prices rising like they did.
  • Dan:_4
    Dan:_4 Posts: 3,795 Forumite
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    Heres a serious debate for you.

    Explain to me please, what's good about high house prices, or house prices rising like they did.

    There was nothing good about house prices rising like the did, and I hope and pray they don't again.

    Unfortunaly, there is nothing good about them crashing any further - not good for the general economny, people in trapped in NE etc...

    The best possible outcome [for all parties] would be stagnate levels for the next 10 years - but it will move one way or another, weather thats up or down remains to be seen.
  • ad9898_3
    ad9898_3 Posts: 3,858 Forumite
    Yes.:money:

    But it's pointless, as you have no desire for serious debate and instead will inevitably just give up and resort to personal attacks.

    You believe in the cult of hpc with a religious fervor. Nothing I say will change your mind. Best just to wait and see for yourself.

    I think you will find I rarely if ever resort to personal attacks, other than when baited...... and you sir, are king of that particular topic.

    And I gave you an opportunity to debate an issue, you failed, which it seems is what you do often. You shout from your corner, and when someone returns an argument you get out the emoticons, it's either this:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: or this:money:, or this:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:. It's called trolling and is probably why you were put on the 'Troll' list at HPC............ where were you in September/October ?, seems your just a 'fair weather poster' who appears and disappears whenever the mainstream news takes your fancy.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    edited 6 August 2009 at 5:49PM
    I'm asking Hamish, as he consistently points out house prices are rising, with glee.

    He wants a debate, I'm giving him one :)
  • ad9898_3
    ad9898_3 Posts: 3,858 Forumite
    Heres a serious debate for you.

    Explain to me please, what's good about high house prices, or house prices rising like they did.

    Forget it Graham, you're wasting your time, unless you love the excessive use emoticons.
  • Dan:_4
    Dan:_4 Posts: 3,795 Forumite
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    I'm asking Hamish, as he consistently points out house prices are rising, with glee.

    He wants a debate, I'm giving him one :)

    sorry mate.
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    ad9898 wrote: »
    I think you will find I rarely if ever resort to personal attacks, other than when baited...... and you sir, are king of that particular topic.

    And I gave you an opportunity to debate an issue, you failed, which it seems is what you do often. You shout from your corner, and when someone returns an argument you get out the emoticons, it's either this:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: or this:money:, or this:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:. It's called trolling and is probably why you were put on the 'Troll' list at HPC............ where were you in September/October ?, seems your just a 'fair weather poster' who appears and disappears whenever the mainstream news takes your fancy.

    :D

    So after pointing out that you would quickly resort to personal attacks, you fall right into character and resort to a personal attack.

    Well done. Good job.

    :T
    “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”
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    Dan: wrote: »
    sorry mate.

    LOL no worries. I've asked the same thing twice before. His ability to ignore has been second to none those times.
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