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  • Crashy_Time
    Crashy_Time Posts: 13,386 Forumite
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    From that article...




    And don't forget that EU and non-EU net migration have been around equal for the last few years, after EU caught up with non - but natural growth is the biggest contributor to population increase.


    The "Study" is just a re-hash of the nonsense that was trotted out before we voted to Leave. Biggest losers from a drop in low/medium paid workers from the EZ will be landlords and people trying to sell over-priced property :(
  • sevenhills
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    Crashy_Time wrote: »
    The "Study" is just a re-hash of the nonsense that was trotted out before we voted to Leave. Biggest losers from a drop in low/medium paid workers from the EZ will be landlords and people trying to sell over-priced property :(


    You seem to have a similar view to Michael Gove, in that you don't like experts.
  • Crashy_Time
    Crashy_Time Posts: 13,386 Forumite
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    sevenhills wrote: »
    You seem to have a similar view to Michael Gove, in that you don't like experts.


    If they are the same "experts" who said the UK would fall apart straight after any "Leave" vote, or that the UK would never vote to Leave in the first place, or that Trump had no chance of being President etc etc. then no, I`m not too keen on them.
  • MobileSaver
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    Crashy_Time wrote: »
    Less and less people are "getting on with it" regarding property, as transaction data shows :(

    Why do you continue to make stuff up?

    The official HMRC property report was updated just a few weeks ago and confirms that property transactions have been static for years at around 100,000 "getting on with it" every single month.

    UK Property Transaction Statistics

    In fact rather than your false "Less and less" statement the report confirms that actually transactions increased slightly.
    In October 2018, non-adjusted residential transactions were approximately 13.8% higher than September 2018.
    Year-on-year, non-adjusted residential transactions rose 4.1% in October 2018 compared to October 2017.
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  • AdrianC
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    MobileSaver wrote: »
    Why do you continue to make stuff up?
    Because the only other alternative he has is to accept that his entire world view is based on misconceptions and misunderstandings.
  • Crashy_Time
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    MobileSaver wrote: »
    Why do you continue to make stuff up?

    The official HMRC property report was updated just a few weeks ago and confirms that property transactions have been static for years at around 100,000 "getting on with it" every single month.

    UK Property Transaction Statistics

    In fact rather than your false "Less and less" statement the report confirms that actually transactions increased slightly.


    https://www.yourmortgage.co.uk/editors-pick/shocking-scale-of-property-sales-slump-revealed/


    Do you think Brexit will have a positive effect on transactions, they are after all massively down from the heyday of the frenzied BUY BUY BUY, Location Location Location (at any price) days?
  • lisyloo
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    Do you think Brexit will have a positive effect on transactions, they are after all massively down from the heyday of the frenzied BUY BUY BUY, Location Location Location (at any price) days?


    Do you think it's sensible to compare with a peak when we had liar loans and very poor regulation.


    Make a sensible comparison and people might discuss/listen but presenting one side of a biased argument doesn't really help you ase.


    I do however agree that transaction are low, but that doesn't mean we won't get a permanently high plateau as opposed to the crash you hope for.
  • Crashy_Time
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    lisyloo wrote: »
    Do you think it's sensible to compare with a peak when we had liar loans and very poor regulation.


    Make a sensible comparison and people might discuss/listen but presenting one side of a biased argument doesn't really help you ase.


    I do however agree that transaction are low, but that doesn't mean we won't get a permanently high plateau as opposed to the crash you hope for.


    Yes, when we are gleefully told by posters here that "Prices are still rising!" and many sellers still think they can get peak prices. Transactions have fallen more in line with reality, prices must follow or there will be permanently low and falling transactions. High and ever higher housing costs were one of the daftest and most damaging experiments ever tried in this country :(
  • lisyloo
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    Latest information 7/12 is that house price ARE still rising (a few regions e.g. London excepted)


    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46480627
  • Crashy_Time
    Crashy_Time Posts: 13,386 Forumite
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    lisyloo wrote: »
    Latest information 7/12 is that house price ARE still rising (a few regions e.g. London excepted)


    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46480627


    Sounds a bit like the Japanese soldier who held out for years on an Island after WW2 ended? Very few people care any more, they can see that the higher and higher house price experiment has failed, and that the wider battle - transactions and political/economic climate to support high house prices has been lost :(
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