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Officially in recession

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  • Nah. Wrong type of rain.

    quelle surprise :T
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  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    Yeah...simply amazing that you pop up now after not making a post for 3 days, to ridicule me, JUST as chucky is having problems...erm....ridiculing me. How very convinient.

    Sigh.
    If you think he's me or you think I'm him you should report it but you won't do that because you're wrong (again).

    Funny that this thread has gone this was especially as Hamish dug you out about being wrong (again).
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    brit1234 wrote: »
    So we have have been tipped back into recession because of a collapse in the construction sector. That can't be good for the house price growth optimists.

    So.... On Planet Brit:

    Fewer houses being built + soaring population = lower house prices.

    Alrighty then....:rotfl:
    “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.”

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  • brit1234 wrote: »
    With mortgage rates rising, stamp duty back, high inflation, wage freezes, rising unemployment can anyone really say house prices won't fall back to reasonable levels.

    i'd say it's a sure thing

    in fact i'd go one better and say prices will be 50% down by christmas [STRIKE]2009[/STRIKE] 2012
    'Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.'
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  • DervProf
    DervProf Posts: 4,035 Forumite
    nothing wrong with my keyboard thank you, there appears to be a screw loose behind yours though :money:

    In that case, I think you need to get your monitor checked out too.
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  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    brit1234 wrote: »
    So we have have been tipped back into recession because of a collapse in the construction sector. That can't be good for the house price growth optimists (ie over leveraged landlords).
    Actually Brit, you don't really think things through just like the rest of the have nots. If no more houses are being built that means that the supply doesn't increase which is a good thing for both home owners and landlords. I'm glad you agree it's a good thing.
    brit1234 wrote: »
    can anyone really say house prices won't fall back to reasonable levels.
    Oh dear do we really need to remind you about your past predictions...
  • DervProf wrote: »
    In that case, I think you need to get your monitor checked out too.

    yeah there does appear to be an awful lot of crap on it at the moment, that's for sure

    seems to go away when i start typing, funnily enough
    'Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.'
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  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    I dunno. You forecast a double dip recession. You get called an idiot, doom monger, arm chair economist.

    Double dip recession happens. You get called an idiot, dumb, sad and misfortunate.

    One thing you lot couldn't pull off any better, is the art of bitterness. It's just oozing out uncontrollably.

    Signing out of this thread now, as it's become pathetic. I remain smug :)
  • DervProf
    DervProf Posts: 4,035 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    If no more houses are being built that means that the supply doesn't increase which is a good thing for both home owners and landlords.

    Landlords ? Yes.

    Homeowners ? Maybe not a good thing. Well, not as good as some would have us believe.
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  • DervProf
    DervProf Posts: 4,035 Forumite
    yeah there does appear to be an awful lot of crap on it at the moment, that's for sure

    seems to go away when i start typing, funnily enough

    It seems to appear on my screen shortly after you hit "Submit Reply".
    30 Year Challenge : To be 30 years older. Equity : Don't know, don't care much. Savings : That's asking for ridicule.
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