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RICS: Prices Rising or Stable in 75% of country
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it's no where near crash material like the frothers hope/wish for but you're clever than that - don't lower yourself to the levels of the HPC ghetto.
Jeez Chucky, I was up early and posted a thread with the raw facts in the title.
I'm not the one that has since reposted the same story 3 or 4 times with varying degrees of doom in the title....... This one looks like it's heading for Rightmove levels of regurgitation.:D“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 think you hit a nerve there HPC
Looks like Hamish is a debt slave
I'm curious Sarkin old bean, what's your definition of a "debt slave"?“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: »Chin up, old boy.
Only another decade of scrimping and saving and you might be able to move out of your rented bedsit.:rotfl:
Or maybe he will get a handout, eh Hamish?0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10915210
Annoying that prices are softening in 25% of the country though.
Annoying for the "!!!!!! you jack, I`m alright" brigade, maybe.
Not so annoying for most people, even ones that already live in those areas.
Quite welcome news for those who might be looking to buy in those areas.
I think it sums up your character pretty well Hamish, that it annoys you that house prices are softening in some parts of the country. I suppose it might be your part of the country. Is it (I doubt it, you must have bought in the best area in the UK, which will no doubt never see negative HPI) ? If it isn`t, then why get annoyed ? If it is, then it isn`t as though prices are falling through the floor, or are historically cheap.
I thought you may have mellowed over the past couple of years.30 Year Challenge : To be 30 years older. Equity : Don't know, don't care much. Savings : That's asking for ridicule.0 -
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Still no answer as to the definition of a "debt slave"......
OK, how about an "overleveraged borrower"?“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 -
it annoys you that house prices are softening in some parts of the country. I suppose it might be your part of the country. Is it (I doubt it, you must have bought in the best area in the UK, which will no doubt never see negative HPI) ? If it isn`t, then why get annoyed ? If it is, then it isn`t as though prices are falling through the floor, or are historically cheap.
Oh good heavens no..... Aberdeen prices in June 2010 are higher than they were in June 2007, and they've been higher every month this year so far. Now just 4% below peak, and still rising.I thought you may have mellowed over the past couple of years.
Oh I have..... The fire and brimstone posting style has been replaced by a sense of smug satisfaction. Being proven so very right so very often tends to do that to you.:cool:“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: »Oh good heavens no..... Aberdeen prices in June 2010 are higher than they were in June 2007, and they've been higher every month this year so far. Now just 4% below peak, and still rising.
To which 'prices' do you refer?
The 'average' of all house prices in the city, or
Specific instances where a house has sold in 2010 for more than it did in June 2007?0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Being proven so very right so very often tends to do that to you.:cool:
Somehow 'deluded' doesn't quite say it. Maybe a four letter expletive is also needed.0 -
From the BBC report...
"The Rics survey was based on questions to only 242 surveyors around the UK, who also work as estate agents"0
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