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House Prices Tumble 6% in Scotland
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Why does your signature say 12.3%?
Different data series from different sources.
My sig is the latest Register of Scotland monthly.
The ASPC quarterly is what is in this thread.“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”0 -
I will answer as Hamish has a valid point. OK, if you live in certain parts of the country I admit that a starter flat would be affordable. .
Like in the Aberdeen area, where there exists a range of houses for every price level, and a starter flat can be had for 50K or so within a 40 minute commute of the city centre.
Probably also worth pointing out that we have the highest average wage in Scotland, and unemployment of only around 3.5%.
So once more, perhaps you could explain why you think all these 20-somethings in Aberdeen have such a hard time of it, with low unemployment, high wages, and cheap housing?“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”0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Like in the Aberdeen area, where there exists a range of houses for every price level, and a starter flat can be had for 50K or so within a 40 minute commute of the city centre.
Probably also worth pointing out that we have the highest average wage in Scotland, and unemployment of only around 3.5%.
So once more, perhaps you could explain why you think all these 20-somethings in Aberdeen have such a hard time of it, with low unemployment, high wages, and cheap housing?
The bears start to quiver when they have to do more than spout empty soundbites."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, 1955.0 -
As far as I can see, the average price for Aberdeen is the second lowest quarterly figure achieved since the beginning of the banking crisis. Only 'beaten' by the figure for Q1 09.Die, die sich nicht bewegen, beachten nicht ihre Ketten.0
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rosa_luxembourg wrote: »As far as I can see, the average price for Aberdeen is the second lowest quarterly figure achieved since the beginning of the banking crisis. Only 'beaten' by the figure for Q1 09.
Why not look at the ROSEA stats which captures more substantial data
Here is my latest graph with data from their website.
http://www.ros.gov.uk/professional/eservices/land_property_data/lpd_stats.html
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What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
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rosa_luxembourg wrote: »As far as I can see, the average price for Aberdeen is the second lowest quarterly figure achieved since the beginning of the banking crisis. Only 'beaten' by the figure for Q1 09.
Awwww, bless..... Someone's been reading hpc again.
Aberdeen's crash started later, with double peaks in 07 and 08. And has been highly seasonal throughout.
Q1 09 was the trough.
Q1 2010 is up significantly.
Consistent Year on Year increases now, as verified by the RoS data, equals a rising trend.....
And I see you've managed to get some of your posts deleted.
Wonder why?“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”0 -
Harry_Powell wrote: »The bears start to quiver when they have to do more than spout empty soundbites.
I think it hurts their heads, poor things.“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”0 -
IveSeenTheLight wrote: »Why not look at the ROSEA stats which captures more substantial data
Here is my latest graph with data from their website.
Thanks for that. But your graph's out of date. The ROSEA also show a 7% drop for the last 28 days.Die, die sich nicht bewegen, beachten nicht ihre Ketten.0 -
rosa_luxembourg wrote: »Thanks for that. But your graph's out of date. The ROSEA also show a 7% drop for the last 28 days.
You'll find the graph is not out of date.
It includes the latest released figures:wall:
What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
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HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Awwww, bless..... Someone's been reading hpc again.
Aberdeen's crash started later, with double peaks in 07 and 08. And has been highly seasonal throughout.
Q1 09 was the trough.
Q1 2010 is up significantly.
Consistent Year on Year increases now, as verified by the RoS data, equals a rising trend.....
And I see you've managed to get some of your posts deleted.
Wonder why?
Hmm, your tone is a bit 'chippy', and you seem to want to 'play the man and not the ball'. But, again, as far as I can see from your ASPC report, there's no evidence of the seasonality you refer to in support of your position.
IveSeenTheLight's graph from ROSEA doesn't show any seasonality either.
Where's the seasonality?
You seem very interested in my deleted posts. I think that they were on a thread that got deleted. Why does that matter to you? Why does it matter that I've read hpc? What's the ploblem?Die, die sich nicht bewegen, beachten nicht ihre Ketten.0
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