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Rightmove asking prices -0.8% MOM + 6.5% YOY

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  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    AndyGuil wrote: »
    That and they are asking prices.

    Made up noise!
  • lukeh23
    lukeh23 Posts: 207 Forumite
    AndyGuil wrote: »
    Slow down at this time of year is very normal.

    Won't argue there. Its the time when a lot of people holiday,. that makes sense to me, but not the world cup. All the games were in the evening.
  • AndyGuil
    AndyGuil Posts: 1,668 Forumite
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    lukeh23 wrote: »
    Won't argue there. Its the time when a lot of people holiday,. that makes sense to me, but not the world cup. All the games were in the evening.
    Similar claims were made when we had the Queen's Jubilee.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    purch wrote: »
    Pardon ???

    These numbers are like the FTSE100 on a daily basis. They're effectively meaningless.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    AndyGuil wrote: »
    Similar claims were made when we had the Queen's Jubilee.

    To be fair, it was associated with the wrong type of rain.
  • AndyGuil
    AndyGuil Posts: 1,668 Forumite
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    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    To be fair, it was associated with the wrong type of rain.
    Rain, snow, sun... I'm sure there are lots of "influences" on the volatility of the market. I spent £6 on two 99 icecreams this weekend and some people worry about HPI!
  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    Thank goodness. This news will put a spring in the step of the firs-time-buyer-renter this week I should have thought.

    Hopefully canny buyers will use this development to pound with the hammer of reality on the delusional doors of kite flying vendors, too.
  • padington
    padington Posts: 3,121 Forumite
    edited 21 July 2014 at 11:24PM
    Asking prices are just the froth on a coffee being poured in a London lift named 'sterling'.

    There really is going to be a golden opportunity to sell up in about five years time and go travelling for a long while until the market crashes again.

    More we try to compete on quality, which we will, less the price of the pound will matter and boy, the public sure likes cheap holidays ..

    Whilst in five years time, with the current investment pouring in, London's going to be one hell of a city, where rich foreigners will fight tooth and nail to have a place near the party and more people than ever predicted will be attracted to a hugely thriving tech, culture and financial city state abundant in jobs.

    This says it all for me ...

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    Expect airbnb to become HUGE, sharing rooms to become common and commuting to become an absolute nightmare.

    The regions might not go in the way of the 'Hunger Games' but the capital certainly will.
    Proudly voted remain. A global union of countries is the only way to commit global capital to the rule of law.
  • Blacklight
    Blacklight Posts: 1,565 Forumite
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    Look, if you pass the rubber I can explain this whole thing.. no hang on... if you hold it upside down it's fine, actually it looks good!

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  • padington
    padington Posts: 3,121 Forumite
    How many people do you know that would like to buy a pad in London.

    Now think how many people you know that would like to sell one.

    Now think some more.
    Proudly voted remain. A global union of countries is the only way to commit global capital to the rule of law.
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