We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
Debate House Prices
In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place for our users, discussions around non MoneySaving matters are no longer permitted. This includes wider debates about general house prices, the economy and politics. As a result, we have taken the decision to keep this board permanently closed, but it remains viewable for users who may find some useful information in it. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide
Top 10 towns and cities in the UK for HPI in 2011
Comments
-
I love the way all of these say completely different stuff. Baffling.0
-
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Bournemouth + 2.39%
Oh drat!!!!!!...
*hoping to buy a home one day *
Cheers
Joe0 -
Its the towns/ areas around Wigan0
-
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Aberdeen + 4.30%
Add another 6% or so in rent (either imputed or realised), and subtract a couple of percent in mortgage interest and another half percent for maintenance.
So a net gain for buying versus renting of around 8% or £16,000 a year.
Gosh, this homeowning lark really is the gift that keeps on giving.:beer:“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 -
-
**threads moving around all over the place here!**0
-
Ok, that's a weird bit of thread linking. I thought this one was about house prices.
ETA... and as soon as I typed that, it moved.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Zoopla have access to the same data the land registry do.
Which doesn't necessarily help then.
Prices I've looked at often seem to be only very approximately similar even though the properties are identical and in the same street.0 -
Which doesn't necessarily help then.
Prices I've looked at often seem to be only very approximately similar even though the properties are identical and in the same street.
Don't confuse their relatively crude and inaccurate value estimator with the data they list for actual sold prices.“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
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 354.6K Banking & Borrowing
- 254.5K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 455.5K Spending & Discounts
- 247.5K Work, Benefits & Business
- 604.4K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 178.6K Life & Family
- 261.9K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards