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They will also win the argument about the cost of rental too. Because eventually they will realise that paying 40-60 years of rent compounding with inflation in a supply constrained market is likely to be a lot more expensive than paying a mortgage depreciating at inflation rates for 25 years with the odd bit of maintenance here and there. And when they do they will explain that they were right all along. Indeed many of them have already figured out how they were right all along and bought houses, but rather amusingly bought at the peak following the bounceback.
Nice soundbite. But who has said renting forever is the cheapest option? It is quite easy to win an argument when you make up the position of the other side.0 -
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Agreed this forum isnt the same.
The issue is that the bulls won the argument while the bears kept the moral high ground.0 -
Where / when / how did the bull /bear terminology come from?
Never heard of it before. Sorry if I'm being thick - just interested. Thanks0 -
RenovationMan wrote: »every single post I make picked apart or mocked by a couple of posters (sockies?) I have decided this place is not really for me.
Your post makes no sense, your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.0 -
The issue is that the bulls won the argument
Yes we did.while the bears kept the moral high ground.
Oh please.... You clearly haven't read anything posted by Brit or geneer lately then.
More like "while the bears descended into a spittle flecked rage at being cheated out of their crash"....“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 -
THE_SLUMRAT_GHUOLS wrote: »Bears are the ghuols, vultures, and parasites that have wished and prayed for a massive housing market and economic collapse so they could pick up a dream house from a distressed hard-working family for buttons. Bulls can see the greed and fallacy in their wishes and simply want a stable secure economy where no family is thrown to the wolves on renter street. Bears are renter class while bulls home-owner class.
Ever heard of balance?Not Again0 -
Where / when / how did the bull /bear terminology come from?
Never heard of it before. Sorry if I'm being thick - just interested. Thanks
The terminology comes from the stock markets, where a bull market is one that rises, and a bear market one that falls.
So a trader who believes a market is going to rise is bullish, and one who believes it will fall is bearish.
The term has been corrupted on housing boards to that of those who want falls are bears, and those who want rises are bulls.
So for example, I may predict prices will fall, but because I would prefer rises, that would make me a bull here. Confusing, I know, but we're all a bit mad on this board.
“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: »Yes we did.
Oh please.... You clearly haven't read anything posted by Brit or geneer lately then.
More like "while the bears descended into a spittle flecked rage at being cheated out of their crash"....
Crash is well on course up here in the North East.
The reason I say the bulls won is simply because of vested interest.
Morality and decency left the building years ago, it's dog eat dog now. Ironically, much to the disadvantage of the older generation who own property.0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Yes we did.
Oh please.... You clearly haven't read anything posted by Brit or geneer lately then.
More like "while the bears descended into a spittle flecked rage at being cheated out of their crash"....
Who cares what Brit and geneer say. They're not bears. They're just the same as the silver rampers: lunatics. Brit is currently holding a one man first time buyer strike in the belief that this will somehow bring about a rebalancing of house prices for godsake. Saying you won the argument against them is like celebrating success in demonstrating that jp morgue's investment strategy is !!!!!!. You might as well go out into the street and punch a five year old kid in the face and declare yourself heavyweight champion of the world.0
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