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  • Eleventy Squillion, but that's only gonna happen when MY house is worth Twelvety Kajillion (aka 3.7 Googolplexes x salary).

    By that point the glorious era of HPI and free infinite money forever and ever (amen) shall have run its course and we shall become star beings, at one with the universe but still slightly annoyed/bored by amoral selff-justifying MSE bulls.

    oooooh nice to see retardian species are still about.:D
  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    Are those Bruno videos still online where he is shouting about his cheesy ballsack?
  • smamst
    smamst Posts: 1,545 Forumite
    4.7% drop in the construction industry in 3 months, oh deary me.
  • twadge_face
    twadge_face Posts: 594 Forumite
    edited 27 April 2011 at 11:39PM
    oooooh nice to see retardian species are still about.:D
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  • Sibley
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    Oh it's back up and running again.

    My word thay have taken a hammering though. They are smashed. Broken in pieces. :rotfl:
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  • mbga9pgf
    mbga9pgf Posts: 3,224 Forumite
    I think anyone hoping for 5% rates could be waiting a long, long time.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeremy-warner/8478502/UK-economy-slides-towards-Japanese-style-funk.html

    Its increasingly looking like my decision to go with the 2% above base tracker was indeed the right decision. Prices will slide, but its going to be long, drawn onut and painful, especially for those owning sh*tty little BTL shoeboxes. Upper end of the market will stay firm, indeed, prices at the top never really soared like the stuff lower down.

    I hate to say it, but I think in about 6-12 months will be the ideal time to buy, but you are going to need a seriously hefty deposit to get anywhere... We managed 30% in 4 years, you will need to have had good foresight and self- control to have the sort of cash saved up that will get you the house you want for the bargain price.
  • smamst
    smamst Posts: 1,545 Forumite
    Sibley wrote: »
    Oh it's back up and running again.

    My word thay have taken a hammering though. They are smashed. Broken in pieces. :rotfl:

    Where do you buy your drugs in Thailand? They are some good !!!! you are taking man.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    what is a normal interest rate 5 percent? 6 percent? 7 percent?

    5% is about the average since the BoE was started. RPI + 2% is generally considered to be 'neutral' so less than that (as now) is expansionary and more than that will tend to slow the economy, generally speaking.

    (The above refers to the base rate and its antecedents).
  • geneer
    geneer Posts: 4,220 Forumite
    Sibley wrote: »
    Oh it's back up and running again.

    My word thay have taken a hammering though. They are smashed. Broken in pieces.

    :rotfl:I'd suggest you stick to the decaff for a while simpley.
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