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Mortgages for new purchase back to 2007 levels...

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  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    ruggedtoast wrote: »
    Bulls?

    It must be odd for them being in the tiny minority of people in the UK who think Gordon Brown is doing a great job, bank bailouts are brilliant, quantitative easing is simply super, the Nationwide figures are tablets from God, and ever more unaffordable housing brought about by rampant immigration is splendid.

    Sorry I think you are confusing a stereotype for this board and being a labour support.

    I am neither in reality.:rolleyes:
  • Really2
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    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    Hehehehe, just yanking that old leg of yours chap :p

    Pop down the job center and see how well it goes down.
  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    I wasnt talking about you - I never remember if youre a bull or bear anyway.
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    ruggedtoast wrote: »
    I never remember if youre a bull or bear anyway.

    Me neither :)
  • the_ash_and_the_oak
    the_ash_and_the_oak Posts: 1,636 Forumite
    the article says "end of 2007" - isn't this after the credit crunch started tho?

    (how much diff is there between end of 07 and early 07)
    Prefer girls to money
  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    Link or I'll assume you made this up.
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
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    ruggedtoast wrote: »

    It must be odd for them being in the tiny minority of people in the UK who think Gordon Brown is doing a great job,

    In terms of managing the response to the financial crisis? Not really. The response was too delayed, and too little too late.

    A more aggressive and direct stimulus response was warranted far earlier. As Australia did, and look how well they've done by comparison.

    bank bailouts are brilliant,

    Better than the alternative.

    quantitative easing is simply super,

    It's no more and no less than a policy tool to increase liquidity.

    the Nationwide figures are tablets from God,

    Only when they're increasing....;)

    and ever more unaffordable housing highly valued assets brought about by rampant immigration overly restrictive planning laws and nimbyism is splendid.

    Fixed that for you.: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.”
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  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
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    abaxas wrote: »
    Link or I'll assume you made this up.

    www.google.co.uk

    :rolleyes:
    “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”
  • Harry_Powell
    Harry_Powell Posts: 2,089 Forumite
    Does anyone else find all this 'bull' and 'bear' posturing really boring?

    Can't we just discuss these economic points without all that crap?
    "I can hear you whisperin', children, so I know you're down there. I can feel myself gettin' awful mad. I'm out of patience, children. I'm coming to find you now." - Harry Powell, Night of the Hunter, 1955.
  • silvercar
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    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    Mortgages for new purchase back to 2007 levels already.:beer:

    The average interest rate will be a lot higher than if they'd got their mortgage in 2007!
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