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HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »It does seem to be mildly useful as an barometer of sentiment or direction, but that's about it.
Not really Hamish it just highlights how desperate and unrealistic many sellers are these days.0 -
Houses round my way are selling like hot cakes, and for a high price.
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Do hot cakes now attract VAT? Better to buy cold cakes and heat them yourself.ruggedtoast wrote: »Houses round my way are selling like hot cakes, and for a high price.0 -
shortchanged wrote: »it just highlights how desperate and unrealistic many [STRIKE]sellers[/STRIKE] posters claiming prices are falling are these days.
Fixed that for you.
“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: »Fixed that for you.
Really Hamish?
I don't think there is a great deal of house price rises in the UK apart from in London and of course Aberdeen and we all know London is the main factor in skewing the National averages. 0 -
However, this is not a universal signal of a housing market recovery. The richest seams of housing market activity are concentrated around those with access to cash and finance, with a strong bias to the south and London in particular.
and there we have it dudes. another index skewed by LondonMaidstone Prices - average reductions at 8.5% (£19,668) Feb 2012 - We thought the dudes were not allowed to drop prices?0 -
CRASH_BANG_WALLOP wrote: »another index skewed by [STRIKE]London[/STRIKE] the North of England
Fixed that for you.“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: »Fixed that for you.
dude where does it say that in the snippet i quoted?Maidstone Prices - average reductions at 8.5% (£19,668) Feb 2012 - We thought the dudes were not allowed to drop prices?0 -
CRASH_BANG_WALLOP wrote: »dude
What's with this socky Fungusfighter?“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 -
Maidstone Prices - average reductions at 8.5% (£19,668) Feb 2012 - We thought the dudes were not allowed to drop prices?0
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