House prices fell by 0.5% in July - Nationwide

Dirk_Rambo

i know what you mean buddie. im getting a bit sick of ti myself now. but peopel keep contrubuting to the thread. the only reason i can think why is that this particullar debate must have captured the imagination of the forum

sarkin1

oh look 2 in a row

DervProf

sarkin1 wrote: »

oh look 2 in a row

Nah, Sky News just said that it was the first time this has happened since Feb 2009, so it`s all under control. In fact, it can`t be big news, they only briefly mentioned it.

Dirk_Rambo

so a 0.6% fall folowed by a 0.9% fall. now maths was never my strong point but this must surely mean that the house price falls are acelerating. can some body plz check my maths. thanx

Pimperne1

Dirk_Rambo wrote: »

so a 0.6% fall folowed by a 0.9% fall. now maths was never my strong point but this must surely mean that the house price falls are acelerating. can some body plz check my maths. thanx

Clearly, as the first fall was 0.5%! (Unless you are referring to the Halifax 0.6% rise).

Exocet

Pimperne1 wrote: »

Clearly, as the first fall was 0.5%! (Unless you are referring to the Halifax 0.6% rise).

Fair point, especially as it's in the title of this thread. I am deeply embarassed on behalf of Dirk, and hope that this does not reflect on the wider bear community. Many of us can count without using our fingers and some of our number have reached stage 2 reading. I do still have trouble with apostrophe's but after reading NDG's excellent "Fewer and Less - The History of Morons" I aim to improve on these thing's.

Dirk_Rambo

Pimperne1 wrote: »

Clearly, as the first fall was 0.5%!

thanx pimpers im much oblidged, like i says maths was never my strong point at skool, i was good at p.e. though.
so that means the aceleration in house price drops is even greater than i first thought. im not wrong am i

Pimperne1

Dirk_Rambo wrote: »

thanx pimpers im much oblidged, like i says maths was never my strong point at skool, i was good at p.e. though.
so that means the aceleration in house price drops is even greater than i first thought. im not wrong am i

Well its a bit like a three team relay . First you look at Nationwide -0.5, then you look at LR +0.4, then you look at Halifax +0.6, then you look at Nationwide -0.9.

Dirk_Rambo

pimpers i tihnk you might be trying to confusr me with statistics cos you know my maths isnt very good you naughty boy. good on you though
but a 0.5% fall folowed by a 0.9% fall means house price falls are acelerating. im not wrong am i pimpers

IveSeenTheLight

Yawn...............
Do you think this thread will still be being bumped in 2033?

It's for last month, there are new even better statistics for you to "capture your imagination" in the August thread