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  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    There could be a bunch of people wanting to live in every property available but if none of them can pay the high prices the property stays empty.

    This has been argued a lot lately.
    If times are tight people will prioritise.
    It may be worth looking at this post

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=52741751&postcount=32
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
  • This has been argued a lot lately.
    If times are tight people will prioritise.
    It may be worth looking at this post

    Yes this has been argued a lot lately.
    If times are tight people will prioritise 1 meal a day bunch of lazy so and so's.
    It may be worth looking at this post, and trying to understand how serious the situation will be when the big benefit caps come in next year. To say if times are tight, shows a lack of understanding of just how the global crisis is deteriorating.

    N1AK wrote: »
    Predicting what will happen with rents is very difficult. In my opinion even more complex than house prices. As we don't have an epidemic of homelessness in the UK at the moment it implies that we have sufficient supply to cover demand (though some demand may be mitigated by sharing property). On that basis if housing benefits and incomes are squeezed then rents should decrease and lower rents are very likely to decrease property prices (landlords trying to get out of the rental market).

    If rents do not come down a long way when the big benefit cuts come in next year then we could see an epidemic of homelessness in the UK. I personally see rents coming down as the more likely reality.
    Sampong wrote: »
    :cool:

    Who knows, maybe rents will continue to rise and people will just stop eating

    Yes bunch of lazy benefit scroungers, they should be on 1 meal a day its their fault for being in a low paid job. They should sleep less as well and get a night job so that rents do not come down next year when the big benefit caps come in.
    vax2002 wrote: »
    It is basic supply and demand and the demand keeps arriving and the rate at which it is arriving is increasing.

    This demand that keeps arriving on our shores that you talk about, of course they came over on the back of a lorry with a plastic bag over their head to not get caught by boarder agents, but they had pockets overflowing with cash. Easily enough to keep rents and property prices held up where they are.
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  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    edited 26 April 2012 at 10:15PM
    Supply/demand of property is only part of the picture.
    apparently according to Thuglemeir it has nothing to do with it. he doesn't like being corrected btw, he get a bit angry...
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    Wookster wrote: »
    Are you just plain stupid? You have a go at me for insulting you then you do exactly the same thing, in your broken semi-coherent English.
    Keep it up wtfster, still very bitter i see...

    Are you still avoiding the point just like Thruglmeir is saying that market forces have nothing to with demand and supply.

    By the way speak to you parents about you not being intelligent they may help but then again they probably weren't too bright either....
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Welcome back Chucky. By the way, are you still living with Dan?
    Thanks Negs, no I'm not living with Dan.

    What was your previous User Id before February 2012?
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'm really sad to hear that you two lads split up. You two definitely had something special going on for a while there.
    Why are you being like Thruglemeir and WTFster and avoiding questions?
    chucky wrote: »
    What was your previous User Id before February 2012?
  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    Yes this has been argued a lot lately.
    If times are tight people will prioritise 1 meal a day bunch of lazy so and so's.....................
    I don't subscribe to armageddon, tin hat theories.

    I've explained (or tried to) that people will prioritise their expenditure and articulated that there are many things that people could spend less on before affecting how many times they eat etc.

    Be realistic. If you need to tighten your belt, what expenditure could you reprioritise from before your looking to facilitate only one meal per day.

    I for one would sell the computer / get rid of the internet and use that savings to create budget foods.
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
  • Pimperne1
    Pimperne1 Posts: 2,177 Forumite
    Damn! Barcelona have just scored!

    Double damn, Terry sent off!

    Oh NO! They've had it now.
  • shortchanged_2
    shortchanged_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite
    I don't subscribe to armageddon, tin hat theories.

    I've explained (or tried to) that people will prioritise their expenditure and articulated that there are many things that people could spend less on before affecting how many times they eat etc.

    Be realistic. If you need to tighten your belt, what expenditure could you reprioritise from before your looking to facilitate only one meal per day.

    I for one would sell the computer / get rid of the internet and use that savings to create budget foods.

    So it is the return to the good old Victorian era again that you seem so keen to push ISTL. Great.
  • chucknorris
    chucknorris Posts: 10,795 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Pimperne1 wrote: »
    Oh NO! They've had it now.

    Have you ever heard of the phrase 'after timer'? :)
    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
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