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Land Registry, house prices down 1.3% in 2011.

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  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    wotsthat wrote: »
    Bad news - South West prices down.

    Have you got an Aldi nearby?

    Having seen the figures, I fear it could be worse.

    I may well have no choice but to shop at Farm Foods until at least the spring bounce.
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,234 Forumite
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    6.5% up here for semis - what shall I go and spend my 27k of mewing on?! ;)
    I think....
  • EchoLocation
    EchoLocation Posts: 901 Forumite
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    MrsRee wrote: »
    No crash then.

    Death by a thousand cuts is still death. :T
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    MrsRee wrote: »
    No crash then.

    More of a mild plummet round here.
  • ukcarper
    ukcarper Posts: 17,337 Forumite
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    Jimmy_31 wrote: »
    More of a mild plummet round here.

    I think we are all getting the picture in the rough parts of the North West property prices are falling.
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    ukcarper wrote: »
    I think we are all getting the picture in the rough parts of the North West property prices are falling.

    Thanks for the encouragement.
  • nollag2006
    nollag2006 Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    So how is London doing?
  • HARSA
    HARSA Posts: 238 Forumite
    I have read the article on the website but can't find it split by region. Can someone let me know what the percentage drop is for west & east midlands
  • EchoLocation
    EchoLocation Posts: 901 Forumite
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    nollag2006 wrote: »
    So how is London doing?

    It's doing very well at... "giving the impression that falls throughout the rest of the England and Wales aren't as low as they actually are..."
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    EchoLocation wrote: »
    It's doing very well at... "giving the impression that falls throughout the rest of the England and Wales aren't as low as they actually are..."

    Just as the falls in a few hellhole northern slums are skewing the figures downwards for the rest of the country.
    “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”
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