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Vested interest in ramping the market. Why?

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  • BobProperty
    BobProperty Posts: 3,245 Forumite
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    $$$ wrote: »
    An awful lot of media outlets have a fair amount of property related advertising. ......
    Completely agree. Take your local freebie newspaper (certainly applies round here) and take out the "Property Search" section or whatever it is called and my local free paper is halved in size.
    A house isn't a home without a cat.
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    It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
  • Guy_Montag
    Guy_Montag Posts: 2,291 Forumite
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    There are vested interests - those that make money directly out of property - think estate agents, mortgage lenders etc. But for the most part I'm unconvinced by the whole vested interest in the meeja thing.

    Shows like Property Lada, Repossession Repossession Repossession and Not Selling Homes Abroad are all popular - though I really think the meeja are missing a trick here (with the exception of SHA) - the proles, especially me with property programmes, like car crash TV. We love to see people lose their shirts over some ill-conceived plan to convert a two-bed council flat in the roughest part of Possil Park* into a yuppie penthouse apartment.


    *Apart from when I got lost wandering round Panama City & ended up in a part of town which, I later found out, is specially mentioned by the US state department, Possil Park in Glasgow is the scariest place I've been.
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    Mrs. Pench took the money. "What will you do with it all? Not that it's any of my business," he giggled.
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  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
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    nelly wrote: »
    really? how do you know?

    If I told you Id have to kill you
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • nelly_2
    nelly_2 Posts: 17,863 Forumite
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    lynzpower wrote: »
    If I told you Id have to kill you

    Can you spank me to death then please?

    or do you not take requests :rotfl:
  • CB1979_2
    CB1979_2 Posts: 1,335 Forumite
    nelly wrote: »
    Can you spank me to death then please?

    or do you not take requests :rotfl:

    I think you need to TELL your wife you're getting some tonight, rather than asking for it, you've got it on the brain! lol
  • courtjester
    courtjester Posts: 758 Forumite
    lynzpower wrote: »
    The daily mail group owns fish4 homes and primelocation.com :)

    Lynz,

    Slight correction - Daily Mail (Associated Newspapers group) do own Primelocation, as well as Findaproperty and Homes & Property (the London Evening Standard property website), but they don't own FISH4.

    FISH4 are owned by a consortium of local newspaper groups including Trinity Mirror and Newsquest:

    http://www.fish4.co.uk/iad/info/about
  • Jimboceh
    Jimboceh Posts: 24 Forumite
    Thank you everyone. It's all much clearer now.
  • nollag2006
    nollag2006 Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    courtjester wrote: »
    Lynz,

    Slight correction - Daily Mail (Associated Newspapers group) do own Primelocation, as well as Findaproperty and Homes & Property (the London Evening Standard property website), but they don't own FISH4.

    FISH4 are owned by a consortium of local newspaper groups including Trinity Mirror and Newsquest:

    http://www.fish4.co.uk/iad/info/about

    Is this the same Daily Mail that's been running with the same three headlines over the past 10 years:

    - Europeans are all horrid chaps who want to dominate us decent Brits
    - Foreigners are taking over
    - House prices are due to collapse any day now (no, really they are !)

    It's been the same old rant from them every episode over the past decade
  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
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    courtjester wrote: »
    Lynz,

    Slight correction - Daily Mail (Associated Newspapers group) do own Primelocation, as well as Findaproperty and Homes & Property (the London Evening Standard property website), but they don't own FISH4.

    FISH4 are owned by a consortium of local newspaper groups including Trinity Mirror and Newsquest:

    http://www.fish4.co.uk/iad/info/about

    sorry, yep your right there must have been before id got in gear this morning!

    Good job you didnt get your request nelly- you woould have suffered for nothing :cool:
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
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