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Mortgagefreeman
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A number of negative articles re House prices in today's newspapers.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/25/brexit-crash-house-prices-referendum
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-3756512/RACHEL-RICKARD-STRAUS-evidence-clear-house-price-rises-stop.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/25/brexit-crash-house-prices-referendum
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-3756512/RACHEL-RICKARD-STRAUS-evidence-clear-house-price-rises-stop.html
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Are you expecting positive news in the current climate?0
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Thrugelmir wrote: »Are you expecting positive news in the current climate?
No - Just surprised how long it's lasted!0 -
yeah house price crash.... about time..!!0
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yeah house price crash.... about time..!!
That's about the 5th one this decade, or did you mean real ones, that actually happen?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 stop0 -
Have you got a buyer yet CN?I think....0
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Have you got a buyer yet CN?
It hasn't gone on the market yet, but will soon. We are still sorting things out (minor works etc.) but from what the ES's told us, August is a dead month anyway, so no hurry.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 stop0 -
chucknorris wrote: »That's about the 5th one this decade, or did you mean real ones, that actually happen?
here's hoping..
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here's hoping..
Why would you hope for a house price crash? Do you think it would suddenly mean all lower income people will suddenly be able to buy a home?
An economic shock severe enough to cause a house price crash in the UK will almost inevitably cause mass redundancies, pay cuts, and rises in rent....so not much chance of HPC = being able to get on the property ladder.0 -
They won't crash, far from it. Interest rates are even lower, people are piling back into the agents offices. Persimmon homes report buyer enquiries are up sharply
A crash requires huge numbers of forced sellers, our gentle manage transition to becoming fully autonomous won't create anything other than great prosperoty
19 out of the 20 main factors that drive FDI are not EU related, and there are now compelling reasons FDI will rise0 -
request_made_to_change_username wrote: »A number of negative articles re House prices in today's newspapers.]
Houses are unaffordable for a huge section of society. Why is an increase in affordability "negative"?0
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