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Housebuilder Shares Soaring since budget....

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  • DaddyBear
    DaddyBear Posts: 1,208 Forumite
    DaddyBear wrote: »
    I'm sure your neices and nephews will be delighted.

    I had a feeling you wouldn't reply to that one Hamish. :cool:
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    DaddyBear wrote: »
    I had a feeling you wouldn't reply to that one Hamish. :cool:

    :rotfl:

    My nieces and nephews will be delighted, as we're leaving everything to them. :cool:

    Death. The ultimate redistribution of wealth from the old to the young.;)
    “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”
  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    :rotfl:

    My nieces and nephews will be delighted, as we're leaving everything to them. :cool:

    Death. The ultimate redistribution of wealth from the old to the young.;)

    Wait for the "They dont want to wait until you die" responses.

    Thing is we know that in many areas property is still affordable and not as unnafordable as London and the South East
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
  • DaddyBear
    DaddyBear Posts: 1,208 Forumite
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    :rotfl:

    My nieces and nephews will be delighted, as we're leaving everything to them. :cool:

    Death. The ultimate redistribution of wealth from the old to the young.;)


    Minus 40%.
  • turbobob
    turbobob Posts: 1,500 Forumite
    IveSeenTheLight wrote: »
    Put a link in so we can monitor

    These charts should update themselves.

    Taylor Wimpey - 5 year (log scale) and 5 day intra-day.

    z?s=TW.L&t=5y&q=l&l=on&z=m&p=m200&a=v&lang=en-US&region=USz?s=TW.L&t=5d&q=l&l=on&z=m&p=&a=v&lang=en-US&region=US

    Persimmon

    z?s=PSN.L&t=5y&q=l&l=on&z=m&p=m200&a=v&lang=en-US&region=USz?s=PSN.L&t=5d&q=l&l=on&z=m&p=&a=v&lang=en-US&region=US

    Barratt

    z?s=BDEV.L&t=5y&q=l&l=on&z=m&p=m200&a=v&lang=en-US&region=USz?s=BDEV.L&t=5d&q=l&l=on&z=m&p=&a=v&lang=en-US&region=US

    Redrow

    z?s=RDW.L&t=5y&q=l&l=on&z=m&p=m200&a=v&lang=en-US&region=USz?s=RDW.L&t=5d&q=l&l=on&z=m&p=&a=v&lang=en-US&region=US
  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    DaddyBear wrote: »
    Minus 40%.

    Only above £325k at the moment.
    http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/rates/iht-thresholds.htm

    Of course though your pointing out that Hamish's property investments (and many others) will provide some extra income to the governments (and thus the tax payers) of the future
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
  • ravenfield
    ravenfield Posts: 151 Forumite
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    :rotfl:

    My nieces and nephews will be delighted, as we're leaving everything to them. :cool:

    Death. The ultimate redistribution of wealth from the old to the young.;)

    Great, so they want you to die asap so they can own your house.
  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    ravenfield wrote: »
    Great, so they want you to die asap so they can own your house.

    Knew it wouldn't be long
    IveSeenTheLight wrote: »
    Wait for the "They dont want to wait until you die" responses.

    Thing is we know that in many areas property is still affordable and not as unnafordable as London and the South East
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    :rotfl:

    My nieces and nephews will be delighted, as we're leaving everything to them. :cool:

    Death. The ultimate redistribution of wealth from the old to the young.;)
    They will probably be able to buy their first house when they are in their sixties. That is if the inheritance doesn't all go on care home fees.
  • treliac
    treliac Posts: 4,524 Forumite
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    :rotfl:

    My nieces and nephews will be delighted, as we're leaving everything to them. :cool:

    Death. The ultimate redistribution of wealth from the old to the young.;)

    Watch your back Hamish. They may already be busy plotting. :rotfl:
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