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Movements/Protests against house prices

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  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Addiscomber wrote: »
    Seriously I don't think Croydon really counts as Surrey now, does it?
    Croydon left home in Surrey and moved into Greater London in 1965, so...
  • Landofwood
    Landofwood Posts: 765 Forumite
    davholla wrote: »
    You said "That's a nice anecdotal story, but generally you are incorrect."
    As 3 streets I randomly found showed that prices have at least tripled then it shows my anecdote was matched by a small sample of roads.
    BTW why do you think high inflation is good? Do you think it would be good if young people had to pay 10 times more to learn to drive than in the past?

    Firstly I never said HPI was good. I said you found 2 streets with good HPI.

    Then you spouted some nonsense about driving lessons so I don't know what to say.

    I'm sorry you can't afford to buy a house, but there are plenty of other ways to get a roof over your head in this country.
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