how many REALLY think there'll be a crash rather than a stabilisation ?

nollag2006

manhattan wrote: »

Are you the mystical Bruno the brolly bruiser?

How did you guess ??

:rotfl:

poppy10_2

I don't get the constant umbrella references with regards to Bruno - what does it mean???

poppy10_2

kingkano wrote: »

It's rather better than HPC.co.uk where I tried to post some kind of positive question and within about 10mins the thread was deleted and my account was disabled? !!!!!!?

Ah, you should have known better - anything vaguely bullish posted on HPC gets you immediately branded as a VI troll and banned for life :rotfl:

brasso

poppy10 wrote: »

Ah, you should have known better - anything vaguely bullish posted on HPC gets you immediately branded as a VI troll and banned for life :rotfl:

You're absolutely right. I was banned for politely disagreeing with one of the many irrational bear-ranters on there. No discussion, no warning email (though even that would have been completely unfair). Just found that my password had mysteriously changed and couldn't log in. When I mailed the moderator(s), I got a reply saying that I was "a very obvious troll". :mad:

There's a much better site at www.globalhouseprice.com where bullish views are tolerated (even encouraged) and argued with. There was a thread a while ago complaining about the behaviour of the moderators on HPC and dozens of people admited to having been banned on the other site.

Guy_Montag

poppy10 wrote: »

I don't get the constant umbrella references with regards to Bruno - what does it mean???

PM'd you.
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poppy10_2

Guy_Montag wrote: »

PM'd you.

That's so funny if it's true :rotfl::T

djm1972

poppy10 wrote: »

2)Homeowners see prices falling all around them and rush to put their own home on the market before prices drop even further

And do what?

CYBERCIDERSAVER

I assume that some people would try to sell when they see the market dropping. The "let's sell, rent while the market goes down and buy again when the bottom has fallen out of the market." people.

However I think that this would not be that many people. The cost of moving twice and just the sheer hassle wouldn't tempt me (including having to deal with Estate Agents). Also, you don't tend to gamble on your home (if you got any sense.)

A more likely group of people to sell up when the market is falling is the BTLers.

But thinking as I write this, It is more likely to simply be those who are overstretched financially, no matter what other category, they fall into.

And I don't actually think it will be that many.

I just feel sorry for those fools who bought, then "freed up equity in their home" to go on expensive holidays so putting themselves at a greater risk of negative equity and financial hardship.

albacore1854

FWIW I'm starting to see half decent places under 200K again around here(Southern England).Definately seems to be a slight fall, unless people are being more realistic with asking price.

There's also a few repo's going through around 10-15K under market, which is moving things along nicely.

Fingers crossed we could see a more dramatic downturn with another quarter point or two.

Unknown1234_2

albacore1854 wrote: »

FWIW I'm starting to see half decent places under 200K again around here(Southern England).Definately seems to be a slight fall, unless people are being more realistic with asking price.

There's also a few repo's going through around 10-15K under market, which is moving things along nicely.

Fingers crossed we could see a more dramatic downturn with another quarter point or two.

where in southern england?