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Turkeys optimistic for 2012.

macaque_2
macaque_2 Posts: 2,439 Forumite
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
In a survey of more than 25,000 turkeys, 63% of respondents expect there to be the same or a higher number of turkeys in 12 months from now.
Property 'safe as houses' for 2012 say two-thirds of home-movers

Rightmove’s latest Consumer Price Forecast reveals that the majority of prospective home-movers do not expect house prices to be lower by the end of 2012, despite the on-going economic gloom at home and abroad.

The survey, which polled more than 25,000 respondents, finds that nearly two-thirds (63%) expect house prices to be the same or higher 12 months from now, with less than a third (31%) expecting prices to be lower.

http://www.themovechannel.com/news/1fc2ba99-f21b/

Meanwhile back on planet earth, the same news is being given a different headline:

Britain in Denial Over Possibility of Falling House Prices

http://www.property118.com/index.php/britain-in-denial-over-possibility-of-falling-house-prices/21767/

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  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    I reckon they'll be lower, but anything between -5% up to +2% wouldn't surprise me. So I think that they might be lower, the same or higher. Is this helping at all? I own a house, and am therefore one of these turkeys.
  • chucknorris
    chucknorris Posts: 10,795 Forumite
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    macaque wrote: »
    In a survey of more than 25,000 turkeys, 63% of respondents expect there to be the same or a higher number of turkeys in 12 months from now.



    But does the number of turkeys actually reduce each year? With a growing human turkey consuming population, I would have to side with the turkeys on this and agree that it is likely there will be at least the same number of turkeys next year available for us to eat (sorry turkeys I didn't mean to rub it in).
    Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    Two-thirds of people believe house prices will not drop next year. Less than a third of people believe property prices will drop, says new research from online web portal Rightmove.

    “This is a clear message that the majority of consumers view the property asset class to be as safe as houses.”

    So NOT mass panic in the housing market then..... :)
    “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”
  • macaque_2
    macaque_2 Posts: 2,439 Forumite
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    So NOT mass panic in the housing market then.....

    Your're right, no mass panic. Abbatoire design has improved a lot in recent years.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    chucknorris wrote: »
    But does the number of turkeys actually reduce each year? With a growing human turkey consuming population, I would have to side with the turkeys on this and agree that it is likely there will be at least the same number of turkeys next year available for us to eat (sorry turkeys I didn't mean to rub it in).

    Yes, quite a strange analogy unless we are cancelling Christmas next year.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • geneer
    geneer Posts: 4,220 Forumite
    macaque wrote: »
    In a survey of more than 25,000 turkeys, 63% of respondents expect there to be the same or a higher number of turkeys in 12 months from now.

    :rotfl::T Very good.
  • julieq
    julieq Posts: 2,603 Forumite
    Definitely going down this year Macaque?

    Like rents were in 2009?

    Keep trying. Stopped clocked principle and all.
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