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Spending cuts will slash house prices in these towns

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  • robin_banks
    robin_banks Posts: 15,778 Forumite
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    Does anyone seriously think hosue prices are going to drop in Oxford and Cambridge ?

    2 university dominated towns less than an hour commute from Central London.

    It's an astonishingly badly researched and lazy piece.

    Ergo, it's [EMAIL="d0gw@nk"]d0gw@nk[/EMAIL].
    "An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".

    !!!!!! is all that about?
  • robin_banks
    robin_banks Posts: 15,778 Forumite
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    Following on from that some of these areas already haver low prices compared to the rest of the UK and in all honesty can not fall that much farther.
    "An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".

    !!!!!! is all that about?

  • Ergo, it's [EMAIL="d0gw@nk."]d0gw@nk.[/EMAIL]

    Is that the scientific term? :D
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  • robin_banks
    robin_banks Posts: 15,778 Forumite
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    Is that the scientific term? :D

    Yep, numerous mathematicians from said universities conclusion was such.

    Though they also conceded that said areas weren't without pockets of deprivation, that many individuals sem to forget.
    "An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".

    !!!!!! is all that about?
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    Surprised to see Oxford so high on that list.

    Though I'd be interested to know how many Public Sector workers actually live in Oxford ( not commute in from Abingdon & Didcot).
  • robin_banks
    robin_banks Posts: 15,778 Forumite
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Though I'd be interested to know how many Public Sector workers actually live in Oxford ( not commute in from Abingdon & Didcot).

    The Dean of Oxford etc are all public sector employees, this piece is garbage.
    "An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".

    !!!!!! is all that about?
  • olly300
    olly300 Posts: 14,737 Forumite
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Though I'd be interested to know how many Public Sector workers actually live in Oxford ( not commute in from Abingdon & Didcot).

    It's the same as Greenwich and Lewisham.

    Most employees in London don't live in the area of London or the South East they work.
    I'm not cynical I'm realistic :p

    (If a link I give opens pop ups I won't know I don't use windows)
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    The Dean of Oxford etc are all public sector employees, this piece is garbage.

    Thanks. Of course missed this previously.

    Explains Cambridge, Canterbury........
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