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House Prices to recover more strongly than expected..

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  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    NewbieMoneysaver wrote: »
    Margin calls Mewbie? I am surprised at you they're a myth.
    It says something about the board that when I mention "margin calls and suicides"... you pick me up on margin calls.
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    NewbieMoneysaver wrote: »
    That's better, you had me worried there for a minute x
    There are different ways to play on here. I'm a little tired of being everybodies chum. tbh - you can get thanks for playing the look at me isn't this great stuff... or you can say what you actually want to say. There is a certain freedom in just saying it, and sod the thanks fascism.
  • Pobby
    Pobby Posts: 5,438 Forumite
    I am starting to think that Hamish is becoming like Bruno.
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    Pobby wrote: »
    I am starting to think that Hamish is becoming like Bruno.
    tbh Pobby.. I am also on the turn.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    No, bears were saying that a lack of homes/sales should reduce prices as the majority of these would be forced sales ie. repos, divorce and death.

    Were they?!?!

    I remember distinctly the question of "howcome there are a million homes on rightmove then" being asked by the bears everytime the lack of supply = houses up was used by the optimists.
  • Pobby
    Pobby Posts: 5,438 Forumite


    Oh no membs .
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    I get the distinct impression that when interest rates go up, Hamish is going to post something about houses now being more affordable as it costs more, or some yadda.

    Then a bull will come along and say "well we been saying all along that interest rates would rise and that houses would boom on the news they are now more expensive, and never saw a bear saying anything about interest rates".

    Apart from that bull will be 5 usernames on.
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    South_Of_Heaven wrote: »
    How can it be relevant, there is hardly any sales compared to normal. .

    76,000 sales last month alone. Sure it's a lot less than peak, but it's not that far off levels after the last crash. And look what happened to prices since then.....;)

    Oh, and 76,000 is more than enough to be statistically significant when determining the accuracy of house price data.
    “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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    NewbieMoneysaver wrote: »
    Hi Graham, heavens you do like a good argument. I forgot to mention that I was surprised by your pic. That was not at all how I imagined you.

    Thanks Mr B, I'll take it as a compliment either way.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    Were they?!?!

    I remember distinctly the question of "howcome there are a million homes on rightmove then" being asked by the bears everytime the lack of supply = houses up was used by the optimists.

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    '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
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