More than 80% of MSE readers believe house prices will not fall

maveli

Number of people voted= 33, 80% of MSE readers!!!

MissMoneypenny

nollag2006 wrote: »

The polls have closed - the results are in:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2268063

Only 18% of MSE voters in this poll believe house prices will fall in the short term.

And nil, nada, not a single solitary bear believes that house prices will fall by more than 5% in the short term.

Surely evidence, if any is needed, that the crash of 2008 has long since disappeared

:T

Only 33 people voted.....and only 16 people plus you, think the market will rise. It's an open vote so you can see who voted what.

Thanked you error. Just thought I would say that in case people thought I was going senile.

nollag2006

Radiantsoul wrote: »

And those that are obsessed by a second crash are probably looking to buy at the new bottom and so are crossing their fingers.

That boat has long since sailed...

Not to worry... there's bound to be another crash in the next 15 - 20 years

HammerSmashedFace

nollag2006 wrote: »

The polls have closed - the results are in:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2268063

Only 18% of MSE voters in this poll believe house prices will fall in the short term.

And nil, nada, not a single solitary bear believes that house prices will fall by more than 5% in the short term.

Surely evidence, if any is needed, that the crash of 2008 has long since disappeared

:T

Interesting considering that in only 7% of postcodes have prices been rising, which obviously means in 93% they are stagnating or falling. So they answered wrongly to a question that was already wrong.:D

Still I guess ignorance is bliss.;)

Davesnave

HammerSmashedFace wrote: »

Interesting considering that in only 7% of postcodes have prices been rising, which obviously means in 93% they are stagnating or falling. So they answered wrongly to a question that was already wrong.:D

Still I guess ignorance is bliss.;)

Ah, but with the economy in such great shape and the Eurozone doing so well, there will soon be increased demand for our products. It's obvious why folk are optimistic.

Completely different situation from, say, 2007.

nitr02007

nollag2006 wrote: »

The polls have closed - the results are in:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2268063

Only 18% of MSE voters in this poll believe house prices will fall in the short term.

And nil, nada, not a single solitary bear believes that house prices will fall by more than 5% in the short term.

Surely evidence, if any is needed, that the crash of 2008 has long since disappeared

:T

You should work for the government thats some great spin. :cool:
You should be careful you'll make yourself dizzy.

chucky

HammerSmashedFace wrote: »

Interesting considering that in only 7% of postcodes have prices been rising, which obviously means in 93% they are stagnating or falling. So they answered wrongly to a question that was already wrong.:D

Still I guess ignorance is bliss.;)

i could tell you how many post codes have falling house prices but i'll leave it with you...
the stat would be a bit embarrassing for you after your trying to get people to believe the 93% stat you're quoting

PasturesNew

nollag2006 wrote: »

The polls have closed - the results are in:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2268063

Surely evidence, if any is needed, that the crash of 2008 has long since disappeared

Or evidence most bears were off getting on with their lives until the bottom, rather than sitting online doing polls.

I don't think I even saw your poll. With a title of "Q1 2010 Predictions" I think we can relabel this as "...X% of people who [1] read dull sounding threads [2] have nothing better to do than respond to a poll thought ..."

HammerSmashedFace

chucky wrote: »

i could tell you how many post codes have falling house prices but i'll leave it with you...
the stat would be a bit embarrassing for you after your trying to get people to believe the 93% stat you're quoting

Just as when 10% of people are out of work, 90% are in work, so it shows that if 7% of postcodes are rising, the other 93% must be doing something else other than rising, which could mean either stagnating or falling. Either of which is good news.

Anyone thinking rising prices at this time is good news in the medium/long term would be a little deluded as it just adds fuel to the fire when the government unsustainable policies stop.

People are likely to be stretching themselves again on the back of the media ramping, I feel sorry for them because when the illusion is exposed to the masses, it's these very people who will suffer first.

I found it unbelievable that there is cheering of price rises on one hand, then the next item on the news is the glum face of the worst repo figures for 15 years, even considering the government help and policies. Don't they get the irony and hypocrisy of these two news items ?

chucky

HammerSmashedFace wrote: »

Just as when 10% of people are out of work, 90% are in work, so it shows that if 7% of postcodes are rising, the other 93% must be doing something else other than rising, which could mean either stagnating or falling. Either of which is good news.

so you thought you'd spin it into something else than it was. nice one.