And another bear bites the dust... mbga9pgf's epiphany....

Cleaver

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Pretty sad thread IMO. Leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Celebrations that someone who has tried so hard, and done their best to support themselves instead of relying on debt, has given up....uncalled for really.

I've thanked you because a fairly sad post isn't something to celebrate, whatever the reason.

But shall we get some perspective here? The man has £100k in savings, which is an incredibly rare and fortunate situation to be in. For goodness sake, if he wants a house he can buy one quite comfortably with that money. He needs to cut the melodrama and actually use that money to enjoy life, rather than moan about it.

morag1202

LydiaJ wrote: »

Morals of stories are puzzling things sometimes. For the life of me, I can't see any moral arising from the goats' experience. The moral seems to be:
If you are a troll, eat the small and middle-sized goats while you have the chance, and don't be greedy waiting for the big one.
However, I'm not convinced that is really what the moral is supposed to be.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

There's probably a moral to that story too, but I'm still too lazy to point it out.:rotfl:

Put into house buying terms - if you are a prospective house buyer, buy the grotty one bed flat and the 2 bed terrace while you have the chance, and don't be greedy waiting for the 4 bed detached.

LydiaJ

And yet buying something, anything, to get on the ladder doesn't always turn out to have been the best thing to do. What about the people who bought off plan and now can't raise the finance but are legally committed to complete?
Or what about a friend of mine at work. He has a house he can't sell. The developers have dropped prices for similar houses on the same estate, not just below the price he paid, but below the level of his mortgage. His work, his wife's work, and his son's school are all now miles and miles away from their home, but they can't move.

DaddyBear

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=139949

Finally. He gets it. (partially anyway)

There will be no second crash.

It's over.

Did this really need a thread if it's own? Why not just comment in the original thread. It takes a special kind of person to start threads simply to get a reaction from others and deliberately start a slanging match.
Even better, let's celebrate the fact that unemployed and unproductive members of society are being kept afloat by our taxes whilst the productive tax payers are leaving these shores. Something is unsustainable there but I'm too lazy to point it out.

As for Hamish. You are so shirt-sighted that it's scary. Your plan is to sell one or both of your houses in about 20 years and have a comfortable retirement. Surely the main point in the OP is that house prices may be sustainable for the next 15 years by people already in the Market, however, a point wil come when these people want to exit and the house of cards will collapse. If I were you I'd be very worried.

As others have pointed out Hamish. Why aren't you buying property? You are 100% convinced that property will increase in value. You claim that you picked the bottom of the cycle and judging by your signature, you believe that Aberdeen house prices will rise by about 20% in the next few months.
So why not buy? It's easy and free money. Why would someone who is obsessed with wealth and the value of things not want free money? Strange.

You don't seem to post on here for personal reasons. You post here to bait and belittle others and because you have so little else to do with you time. Really sad, and I do in a way feel sorry for you.

nollag2006

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=139949

Finally. He gets it. (partially anyway)

There will be no second crash.

It's over.

Good to see the bears finally waking up. 2008 is long gone - and those house prices aint coming back.

doire_2

nearlynew wrote: »

I honestly don't understand what McTittish and muppet boy are celebrating here.


Can anyone shed some light.......?

How desperate must they be getting now? Having to troll other forums. :rotfl::rotfl:


As for mbga9pgf, pity he didnt get a handout like Hamish did. Maybe then he could have bought without any worry

kabayiri

I just hope mbg... can step back, take stock of life a bit, and move on.

The real danger for him is a bitterness developing which will eat away from the inside.

There is more to life than bricks and mortar surprisingly. He has a job capable of allowing him to save serious amounts of money, and the potential to work abroad. I would suggest he has a lot going for him.

drc

So, one less taxpayer prepared to prop up the system with his own money. And this is hailed as "good news"?

chucknorris

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=139949

Finally. He gets it. (partially anyway)

There will be no second crash.

It's over.

He posted that housepricecrash post yesterday yet he also posted this:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2376675&highlight=

here yesterday too saying prices will collapse 6 months after the election

torontoboy45

chucknorris wrote: »

He posted that housepricecrash post yesterday yet he also posted this:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2376675&highlight=

here yesterday too saying prices will collapse 6 months after the election

the contradiction is interesting.

maybe he's guilty of nothing more than wishful thinking but hasn't managed to convince himself.

this is a nasty, gloaty little thread, though, and it reminds me of why I don't call by as often as I used to.

I hope that mgp stays and heeds his own counsel re patience; the world could be a very different place 12 months from now.