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House Waiting Lists between 10 and 33 YEARS

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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2095067&page=4

    does anyone remember this thread, where we seemed for a brief moment in time that people's experience colours their view and that what they think other don't want to hear could in fact be contradictory to other's experiences- not just opinion-....and that circumstances are different?
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    bernard_shaw wrote: »
    And why does a house in Cairo cost less still?

    Different country, different currency, different construction standards (by a long shot), etc.

    But the more relevant question is why does a house in Cairo cost more than a house in Alexandria or Siwa.....
    “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”
  • Emy1501
    Emy1501 Posts: 1,798 Forumite
    Is there an ignore button?
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    Emy1501 wrote: »
    Is there an ignore button?

    yes it's here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/profile.html?do=addlist&userlist=ignore&u=560593
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    Emy1501 wrote: »
    If you did not know why did you not leave it to Hamish who would know the answer. .

    Actually I have no idea what Glasgow house prices cost.

    I do know you can pick up a place in the central belt within commuting range of Glasgow for well under 200K. A similar place within a similar commuting range of London would be double or triple the amount.

    But wages are not half or a third as much in Glasgow as they are in London.
    “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”
  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:

    there are quite a couple of them on here - some not even on this thread

    I've been waiting for them to turn up. In a stampede!
  • bernard_shaw
    bernard_shaw Posts: 267 Forumite
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

    But the more relevant question is why does a house in Cairo cost more than a house in Alexandria or Siwa.....

    I wonder if liquidity has got anything to do with it?
    P = MV/Q
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    bernard_shaw wrote: »
    I wonder if liquidity has got anything to do with it?

    Or the fact that one is the most overcrowded city in the world, and the others are not.....
    “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”
  • Emy1501
    Emy1501 Posts: 1,798 Forumite
    edited 2 December 2009 at 4:11PM
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    Actually I have no idea what Glasgow house prices cost.

    I do know you can pick up a place in the central belt within commuting range of Glasgow for well under 200K. A similar place within a similar commuting range of London would be double or triple the amount.

    But wages are not half or a third as much in Glasgow as they are in London.

    You can pick a decent flat within a commuting distance to London for under 200K. We would need to know the type of property you are talking about to consider. If you are going to compare Kent to Scotland then I'm assuming that you would know the price of a similar 3 bed semi within reasonable commuting of Glasgow or Edinburgh?
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    bernard_shaw wrote: »
    I wonder if liquidity has got anything to do with it?

    has everything to do with it imo
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