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Heartwarming tales of House prices

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  • Crashy_Time
    Crashy_Time Posts: 13,386 Forumite
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    wotsthat wrote: »
    I might be in the HPC gang then because I've got a small mortgage on a house purchased in the nineties which, I understand, would now be a permissible price to pay. You started renting BTW at the same time.

    When the crash happens I'm going to be buying the big retirement house. Problem is you lot have been promising this for so long it's obvious it's simply something you hope for and you have no clue whether it will or won't.

    What are you going to buy when the mega bucks debt ponzi bursts?



    A big retirement house.
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    Crashy_Time wrote: »
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    A big retirement house.

    ..but when Crashy? It's been a long old wait hasn't it?
  • MFW_ASAP
    MFW_ASAP Posts: 1,458 Forumite
    wotsthat wrote: »
    ..but when Crashy? It's been a long old wait hasn't it?

    Crashy is only 20, so his retirement home is many, many years away. Just like his crash....
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    MFW_ASAP wrote: »
    Crashy is only 20, so his retirement home is many, many years away. Just like his crash....

    Crashy is 50 or thereabouts and sold to rent in the nineties so well qualified to be predicting house price movements.
  • MFW_ASAP
    MFW_ASAP Posts: 1,458 Forumite
    Oh dear, poor deluded fool. No wonder he's so bitter. I bought my first house in the 90s (1995) and picked it up for £40k - £10k less than what the previous owner paid for it in the 80s. I sold it in 2002 for £140k :).
  • chucknorris
    chucknorris Posts: 10,793 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    wotsthat wrote: »
    Crashy is 50 or thereabouts and sold to rent in the nineties so well qualified to be predicting house price movements.

    I wonder if he completely misheard the person who said to him, the idea is to buy low, and sell high? If so, that would explain a lot!
    Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    chucknorris wrote: »
    I wonder if he completely misheard the person who said to him, the idea is to buy low, and sell high? If so, that would explain a lot!

    My guess would be he sold for some reason in the '90's (divorce, arrears, didn't like the commitment, whatever) and never had the inclination to buy again.

    I expect the idea that this was part of a grand strategy developed somewhat after the events.
  • Jack_Johnson_the_acorn
    Jack_Johnson_the_acorn Posts: 1,333 Forumite
    wotsthat wrote: »
    My guess would be he sold for some reason in the '90's (divorce, arrears, didn't like the commitment, whatever) and never had the inclination to buy again.

    I expect the idea that this was part of a grand strategy developed somewhat after the events.

    But why he is so envious and bitter towards those that remain homeowners? Jealousy or a serious mental condition :(
  • mayonnaise
    mayonnaise Posts: 3,690 Forumite
    My favourite section of the HPC forums is 'The Classics'

    http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?/forum/37-the-classics/
    The most popular threads from the main discussion forum. Moved here to preserve them for eternity.

    Funny stuff in there. Definitely worth preserving for eternity. :rotfl:
    Don't blame me, I voted Remain.
  • mayonnaise
    mayonnaise Posts: 3,690 Forumite
    Breaking news! Stop the press.

    1 October will be "National "offer 3X Your Salary" Day".

    http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/206193-national-offer-3x-your-salary-day-1st-of-october/

    I can already see Crashy strolling into his local friendly EA's office to offer 36k on an Edinburgh 3 bed detached. :rotfl:
    Don't blame me, I voted Remain.
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