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London Has Peaked

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  • padington
    padington Posts: 3,121 Forumite
    edited 10 February 2015 at 9:40PM
    did your neighbour sell yet?

    Yep, cash buyer for top dollar. The cash buyer managed to knock off only 2% off the top dollar asking price. Friend says regardless of what survey says he's not getting another penny off because the house he's buying in winchmore hill, he couldnt get even a penny off.

    It's a two tier market, 2 millions plus properties are sliding in price, cheap houses are hugely fought after it seems.

    Mansion tax is a gift to those with value properties in London.
    Proudly voted remain. A global union of countries is the only way to commit global capital to the rule of law.
  • padington
    padington Posts: 3,121 Forumite
    btw, i'm not a crashist
    i'm a correctionist

    Correctionist that's buying no matter what before the election is all talk and no walk. ;)
    Proudly voted remain. A global union of countries is the only way to commit global capital to the rule of law.
  • padington wrote: »
    Correctionist that's buying no matter what before the election is all talk and no walk. ;)

    has hearl would say
    "WHAT DO YOU ME~AN???"
  • cells
    cells Posts: 5,246 Forumite
    London 1961 - 1991

    Built ~900,000 homes
    Population increase = Down by some 1 million people

    London 2001 - 2031

    Built/Building ~ 700,000 homes
    Population increase = UP by some 3 million people


    Lower supply, higher demand = ??????? someone must know but who!
  • padington wrote: »
    Yep, cash buyer for top dollar. The cash buyer managed to knock off only 2% off the top dollar asking price. Friend says regardless of what survey says he's not getting another penny off because the house he's buying in winchmore hill, he couldnt get even a penny off.

    It's a two tier market, 2 millions plus properties are sliding in price, cheap houses are hugely fought after it seems.

    Mansion tax is a gift to those with value properties in London.

    nice to hear that hes spending his bubble gotten gains on another bubble
  • cells wrote: »
    London 1961 - 1991

    Built ~900,000 homes
    Population increase = Down by some 1 million people

    London 2001 - 2031

    Built/Building ~ 700,000 homes
    Population increase = UP by some 3 million people


    Lower supply, higher demand = ??????? someone must know but who!

    how many of those can afford a london house?
  • cells
    cells Posts: 5,246 Forumite
    how many of those can afford a london house?


    Those that cant afford a house, will be able to rent one sharing 5 wage earners to a 3 bed flat....or it might be 10 wage earners to a 2 bed flat by then.....

    Plus we are nearly half way through this 30 year period, 2001-2031 and yourself today could have asked your younger self in 2001.....young squeak, sure 1.5 million more people will come to london by 2015 but how many of them can afford it....therefore prices will not go crazy......

    and we know you would have been wrong
  • Crashy_Time
    Crashy_Time Posts: 13,386 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Seventh Anniversary Name Dropper
    cells wrote: »
    Those that cant afford a house, will be able to rent one sharing 5 wage earners to a 3 bed flat....or it might be 10 wage earners to a 2 bed flat by then.....

    Plus we are nearly half way through this 30 year period, 2001-2031 and yourself today could have asked your younger self in 2001.....young squeak, sure 1.5 million more people will come to london by 2015 but how many of them can afford it....therefore prices will not go crazy......

    and we know you would have been wrong


    Are you one of the West Bromwich "martyrs" :rotfl:
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