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House prices fall by £40,000 in four years

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  • DervProf
    DervProf Posts: 4,035 Forumite
    "With ultra low rates and surging demand by tenants B2L is as solid as a rock."

    A rather unfortunate choice of words coming from someone in Newcastle.
    30 Year Challenge : To be 30 years older. Equity : Don't know, don't care much. Savings : That's asking for ridicule.
  • LisbonLaura
    LisbonLaura Posts: 1,121 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    The average person should stick to renting, and being average, like the rest of their lives, leaving people like me to provide them a place via BTL.

    One should not hope he will meet his end down a dark alley one wet cold night, & soon
  • diable
    diable Posts: 5,258 Forumite
    pawlala wrote: »
    I'd rather pay the same price for a "dump up north" than the equivalent "dump down south", at least I have a good chance of a garden!

    Like in Coronation Street?
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    diable wrote: »
    Like in Coronation Street?


    Or eastenders ?
  • bpm_2
    bpm_2 Posts: 38 Forumite
    Anyone who still has faith in house prices and doesnt know the real value of money like precious metals needs to get some advice quick before they get their finances wiped out like the rest of the sheeple.

    Sign up to an informed newsletter like at zengold.com or go on one of the lectures held in London and around the country teaching you about wealth and the markets. There is plenty to choose from. See the truth behind the tabloid lies its not too difficult, we all know theres something not right about the current banking system.
  • bpm wrote: »
    Anyone who still has faith in house prices and doesnt know the real value of money like precious metals needs to get some advice quick before they get their finances wiped out like the rest of the sheeple.

    Sign up to an informed newsletter like at zengold.com or go on one of the lectures held in London and around the country teaching you about wealth and the markets. There is plenty to choose from. See the truth behind the tabloid lies its not too difficult, we all know theres something not right about the current banking system.

    That you Smeagold? Feb 11 is about the time Smeagold dissapeared after a rather embarresing meltdown.

    Would be good to hear how Smeagold's strategy is going today. What was it, buy every time the price drops, it always goes back up? Let's just hope Smeagold wasn't too leveraged. :o
  • bpm_2
    bpm_2 Posts: 38 Forumite
    No its not smeagold (whoever that is) I do not do trading, Ill let people I trust to know the markets do that for me!

    Anyone who bets on a price always going back up after a fall, deserves to lose all their money. They need to learn about the flows of a fiat money system and how a market works before they lose everything.
  • sharnad
    sharnad Posts: 9,904 Forumite
    House prices in London have been predicted to fall by 25% by the end of next years if true might be worth buyers down there holding off for a while
    Needing to lose weight start date 26 December 2011 current loss 60 pound Down. Lots more to go to get into my size 6 jeans
  • Dave101t
    Dave101t Posts: 4,157 Forumite
    i dont know why this is a talking point, only mugs buy with a £40,000 devaluation coming. and it was obvious.
    Target Savings by end 2009: 20,000
    current savings: 20,500 (target hit yippee!)
    Debts: 8000 (student loan so doesnt count)

    new target savings by Feb 2010: 30,000
  • DervProf
    DervProf Posts: 4,035 Forumite
    probably all the dumps up north. the value of houses in my street in London have gone up and are selling for more than they acheived in 2007.

    i always wondered why properties in and around places like Leeds were selling for London (or near London) prices. It was ridiculous.

    Yes, London is rather "special" isn't it ?

    Oh how I would love to pay £300K+ for a small house and battle through the traffic each day, pay the congestion charge (maybe), or alternatively do a sardine impression on the underground.
    30 Year Challenge : To be 30 years older. Equity : Don't know, don't care much. Savings : That's asking for ridicule.
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