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That time of the month - Interest Rates!

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  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    cojaq wrote: »
    Disclaimer: Any spelling mistakes or incorrect grammar is purely coincidental and in no way reflects the intelligence of the author.

    What a weird post 5 months on from the thread?:confused:
  • dolce_vita
    dolce_vita Posts: 1,031 Forumite
    I have just had the word from a friend who is "well connected" in the city and she says rates are going up.
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    #1. The people that run these "sell your house and rent back" companies are generally lying thieves and are best avoided

    #2. This time next year house prices in general will be lower than they are now

    #3. Cheap houses are a good thing not a bad thing
  • phlash
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    It is about that time of the month again though!
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    That also means I cannot share in any profits from any decisions made!;)
  • mr.broderick
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    dolce_vita wrote: »
    I have just had the word from a friend who is "well connected" in the city and she says rates are going up.

    Hope so Dolce..
  • dolce_vita
    dolce_vita Posts: 1,031 Forumite
    Sorry.

    I meant down.
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    #1. The people that run these "sell your house and rent back" companies are generally lying thieves and are best avoided

    #2. This time next year house prices in general will be lower than they are now

    #3. Cheap houses are a good thing not a bad thing
  • mr.broderick
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    dolce_vita wrote: »
    Sorry.

    I meant down.

    Must admit i thought they would myself.
  • dolce_vita
    dolce_vita Posts: 1,031 Forumite
    No, hold everything..........she has just phoned me again.........

    It's definitely up.

    Or was it down?



    It might have been hold.


    Oh.......I don't know. I'm drunk anyway so I don't care.


    she said there is definitely going to be a crash though. That's definite.







    I think.
    dolce vita's stock reply templates

    #1. The people that run these "sell your house and rent back" companies are generally lying thieves and are best avoided

    #2. This time next year house prices in general will be lower than they are now

    #3. Cheap houses are a good thing not a bad thing
  • ManAtHome
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    Tomorrow is Monday, there will be snow in parts of the UK - definitely a crash (or three)...
  • Melissa177
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    dolce_vita wrote: »
    I have just had the word from a friend who is "well connected" in the city and she says rates are going up.


    Does she work for ABN or something?
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  • Woby_Tide
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    Melissa177 wrote: »
    Does she work for ABN or something?

    More like Gypsy Rose Lee fortune teller "succesfully predicting a crash since 2003"
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