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  • sigh
    you know what i mean
    london
    20% HPI
    how is that not a bubble?

    Lol you have no idea what a bubble is judging by this statement...... Just because you can't afford to buy doesn't mean it's a bubble.

    Oh well, I'm sure you'll figure it out one day :beer:
  • Lol you have no idea what a bubble is judging by this statement...... Just because you can't afford to buy doesn't mean it's a bubble.

    Oh well, I'm sure you'll figure it out one day :beer:

    and it appears you are bubble blind
  • Bubble_and_Squeak
    Bubble_and_Squeak Posts: 1,165 Forumite
    edited 29 August 2014 at 5:17PM
    but, but, nationwide is up this month?
    but, but, land registry is up this month?
    why oh why will no one pay £330,000 for my beautiful house?
    or £300,000?
    or £275,000, we're practically giving it away??:(
  • rob404uk
    rob404uk Posts: 177 Forumite
    I agree bubble and squeak, looks good value to me
  • AndyGuil
    AndyGuil Posts: 1,668 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    but, but, nationwide is up this month?
    but, but, land registry is up this month?
    why oh why will no one pay £330,000 for my beautiful house?
    or £300,000?
    or £275,000, we're practically giving it away??:(
    Asking prices are not selling prices. Watch as selling prices keep rising.
  • rob404uk wrote: »
    I agree bubble and squeak, looks good value to me

    well, its certainly better value today than if you have joined the bidding war frenzy at the peak
    oh but wait, according to many a poster on this site if you had bought it then you would have saved money on rent
  • Philuk
    Philuk Posts: 60 Forumite
    edited 29 August 2014 at 5:01PM
    You really don't know the history of property bubbles....

    At the peak of the Japanese bubble in 1989, the Chairman of Sony could not afford to buy a house in Tokyo, and the land under the Emperor's palace was valued at more than the entire state of California. Or about twice the UK.

    History is littered with examples of proper bubbles, house prices at 80 or 100 times average earnings......

    London today is nowhere near bubble territory, and the rest of the UK is even further away.

    Do you actually live in London or you are just trolling? As if it needed to go the same extreme as the Tokyo example (if your figure are actually any true...) to define a bubble
  • saguk1234
    saguk1234 Posts: 64 Forumite
    I think none of them actually live in London and therefore they dont see the problem with these insane extreme prices.
  • AndyGuil
    AndyGuil Posts: 1,668 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    saguk1234 wrote: »
    I think none of them actually live in London and therefore they dont see the problem with these insane extreme prices.
    The average FTB ratio in London is similar to the rest of the UK. The market has a concentration of people and jobs which coupled with low supply has resulted in these prices. It is a highly desirable place to live. There are many buyers trying to get a property and this won't change. (I live in London BTW).
  • AndyGuil
    AndyGuil Posts: 1,668 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    sigh
    you know what i mean
    london
    20% HPI
    how is that not a bubble?
    London has the lowest debt to value in the UK at 22% debt to value. You don't get much further away from a bubble than that!
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