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Housing market stalls as economy splutters

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  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    chucky wrote: »
    Yer but....no....but yer.....hang on, but no........$&*$£*....

    Woohoo, finally got called a hypocrite. :)
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    edited 10 August 2010 at 1:16PM
    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    Woohoo, finally got called a hypocrite. :)
    still nothing on the article.

    it must be nappy stress - are you the only one buying them? :)
  • Dirk_Rambo
    Dirk_Rambo Posts: 387 Forumite
    brit1234 wrote: »

    Glut will hit prices, homeowners warned

    http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/
    brit thats a very intresting article. its well worth a second read
  • brit1234
    brit1234 Posts: 5,385 Forumite
    Dan: wrote: »
    Brit - how low do have prices have to go before you will buy? You have already wasted three years waiting, this time could have been spent paying down the mortgage rather then rent?

    I only ask because I fear your obsession for 'half price houses' will mean you never enjoy home ownership.


    I don't know, maybe when prices get to an affordable level. See when you can't afford something you have to wait and save.
    :exclamatiScams - Shared Equity, Shared Ownership, Newbuy, Firstbuy and Help to Buy.

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  • Dirk_Rambo
    Dirk_Rambo Posts: 387 Forumite
    good point brit
  • RDB
    RDB Posts: 872 Forumite
    Whats the general opinion now about the economy?

    Are there some who still think things will get better and house prices wont fall?
  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    RDB wrote: »
    Whats the general opinion now about the economy?

    Are there some who still think things will get better and house prices wont fall?

    As Micheline Roquebrune would say 'never say never again'
    I would never say house prices won't fall.
    I do however believe that over the long term, house prices will rise

    We are still wading through the waters and it can be tough and tiring, but I think the tide is easing and it will get better.
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
  • Dan:_4
    Dan:_4 Posts: 3,795 Forumite
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    RDB wrote: »
    Are there some who still think things will get better and house prices wont fall?

    A strange statement.

    I expect to see some falls, even Hamish expects to see falls.

    However, it is generally accepted that house prices will rise long term and the bottom for this cycle was Feb 2009.
  • Orpheo
    Orpheo Posts: 1,058 Forumite
    edited 12 August 2010 at 1:28PM
    House prices are falling fast in the city of Lincoln. I live in a rented house in a "desirable" area, the houses tend to go SSTC here a little quicker than elsewhere in Lincoln but then most of them become available again after 3-6 weeks.

    I'm taking it very easy with my house viewings. The longer I take the cheaper the houses become. Marvelous.
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  • Dirk_Rambo
    Dirk_Rambo Posts: 387 Forumite
    Orpheo wrote: »
    House prices are falling fast in the city of Lincoln. .
    theyre tanking round where i live too. so big house price falls must be happening all over the country
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