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  • Crashy_Time
    Crashy_Time Posts: 13,386 Forumite
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    martinsurrey wrote: »
    That top thread seems to be really cherry picking stats isnt it?

    The 12% "fall" is on actual sales prices which is a useless stat unless you know the make up of the properties sold in each period

    Due to the stamp duty changes the top end of the market is moving slower, so fewer larger sales moves the average "sold" price lower.

    Page 9 shows that the £ per sq m in Cambridge is up YOY

    Page 8 shows that the average lower quartile price has gone up YOY

    So in Cambridge, you are paying more for every meter you buy and the lower end of the market has got harder.


    Articles that claim house prices and rents are soaring cherry pick too though?
  • Niv
    Niv Posts: 2,616 Forumite
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    Crashy_Time wrote: »
    Articles that claim house prices and rents are soaring cherry pick too though?



    So it makes it ok to join the band wagon rather than seek the real truth of the matter?
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  • martinsurrey
    martinsurrey Posts: 3,368 Forumite
    Crashy_Time wrote: »
    Articles that claim house prices and rents are soaring cherry pick too though?

    yes, and they are also wrong. they are neither soaring or crashing, like everything they are somewhere in the middle.

    I cant find anyone claiming they are soaring though?
  • Crashy_Time
    Crashy_Time Posts: 13,386 Forumite
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    Niv wrote: »
    So it makes it ok to join the band wagon rather than seek the real truth of the matter?


    What band wagon?
  • Crashy_Time
    Crashy_Time Posts: 13,386 Forumite
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    http://www.propertyindustryeye.com/agents-quitting-industry-because-of-financial-difficulties-says-insurance-firm/
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