HPC over?

Cannon_Fodder

Patience is a virtue for a reason.

abaxas

Lotus-eater wrote: »

With the cigs, whisky and gold we all hoarded when we thought the world was gong to end.

..............you did store all that stuff didn't you?..........

oh dear

Invested in the 'market' actually. Did quite well, considering :P

chucky

Cannon_Fodder wrote: »

Patience is a virtue for a reason.

that's what this man thought :whistle::hello::wave:

ruggedtoast

chucky wrote: »

that's what this man thought :whistle::hello::wave:

But everyone on that boat is going to get scurvy and rickets and eventually be boarded by Somalian pirates.

Cannon_Fodder

perhaps he avoided...

chucky

Cannon_Fodder wrote: »

perhaps he avoided...

no - good try but no... :money:

this one has 4 funnells - that one that he missed had 3. it's a different boat. :rotfl:

Emy1501

Ingsy wrote: »

It's also interesting to note that on the first page, all those that did sell, went for more than the guide price.

EDIT - and on pages 2, 3 & 4 too....

Is this not part of the issue? Lots of houses not selling and those that are pushing the market higher therefore giving us a sort of 2 tier market.

nearlynew

Dan: wrote: »

Good morning,

So, here we are in the final month of 2009 and house prices have been on the rise since Feb. We are now around 10% up from the bottom , and no signs of this slowing, despite the long cold winter days.

Surly it is time to accept that I, and some others, were correct that 2009 would see the bottom of the house price crash?

The best we can hope for now is for prices to fall back slightly, but we must accept the bottom has passed.

Even the hard core over on hpc.co.uk are admitting defeat:

"This country has gone mad! I've given up the hope of ever owning my own home. I'm going to buy a nice car instead :-) HPC is over guys I think we should just accept it and move on. The powers that be are hell bent on keeping the bubble going and there isn't anything anyone can do about it. We were right that there was going to be a crash but we just had no idea about how much this market was going to be manipulated."

Make your bl00dy mind up.

One minute you're dismissing HPC website of being full of idiots and the next you're quoting one of the posters as evidence to support your position.

zappahey

lemonjelly wrote: »

The general election is going to be paramount. It is possible people will be holding off purchasing through dec/jan/feb/mar/apr to see who gets in, & how that'll affect them.

Maybe I'm just an old cynic, but I think you've seriously over-estimated the depth of pre-purchase analysis exercised by the average house buyer.

I know it didn't cross my mind in 1997 when I was buying my first [STRIKE]flat[/STRIKE] Victorian period apartment with original features.

zappahey

Johnny_Doe wrote: »

I wouldn't mind hprices going up if I didn't have to pay the stupid Gvt 3% stamp duty every time I move.

Just be glad you're not paying 12% like we do here in Belgium

Johnny_Doe wrote: »

And houses around here I'm in the market for between 250k and 300k don't really warrant the tax (not like the old days)!..

I'm not really sure how a house "warrant(s) the tax" since it is based on sale price and nothing more.