Has anyone seen an impartial review of the house price situation?

m00m00

if people check out my weekly property bee thread, they can see actual 'real time' data from 8 areas, with no spin, or analysis, and draw their own conclusions as to what's happening in the real world.

abaxas

GavP wrote: »

They might want to, but the question is whether the mortgage deals are going to be available for them to do that? Seems from the mortgage boards that the lending criteria are getting stricter by the week.

Exactly.

There is no 'right' in finance, only resposiblity.

WTF?_2

mr.broderick wrote: »

I dont think this forum is a fair indication of the house price situation.
Posters like carolt,missmoneypenny,neverdespair girl etc who have gambled their lives on the housing market will always talk down the market and prophecise a crash cause it suits them. Don't get me wrong the bulls on here would say the opposite, I am just about the most impartial poster on here cause it suits me either way and i don't think we'll see a crash in fact i've got a horrible feeling prices will push on again in a few months when ftb realise the crash aint comin and mortgage themselves to the hilt to buy.

I'm always struck by how the 'prices can only go up brigade' like to attribute personal motives to anyone who points out the bleeding obvious facts that it's all over for house price inflation for this cycle.

dannyboycey

mr.broderick wrote: »

I am just about the most impartial poster on here

Discuss.


Now there's a good thread topic

dannyboycey

Mr Darling just spoke of 'cycles' in his budget!! What was all that about 'no more boom and bust' then!?? He as good as admitted that this cycle is over! How can you talk about something that doesn't exist?

What a joke. HPI is so last year!

merlinthehappypig

asandwhen wrote: »

I love it when people try to come accross as some financial whizz and cant even spell

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lethal0r

mr.broderick wrote: »

...mortgage themselves to the hilt to buy.

with which lender?

Davesnave

Originally posted by asandwhen:
I love it when people try to come accross as some financial whizz and cant even spell

As I pointed out to someone else yesterday, poor spelling proves nothing, except one's inability to spell. There are tens of thousands of dyslexics walking among us, some of whom could give you an intellectual run for your money.

The fact that you appear unaware of this speaks volumes.

By the way, have you checked your own post above? I think I can spot three errors, but I'm not really counting.

dannyboycey

Davesnave wrote: »

As I pointed out to someone else yesterday, poor spelling proves nothing, except one's inability to spell. There are tens of thousands of dyslexics walking among us, some of whom could give you an intellectual run for your money.

The fact that you appear unaware of this speaks volumes.

Richard Branson is dyslexic isn't he. I also recall him saying that he asked a colleague once after a big money business meeting to explain the diference between Net and Gross. He hasn't done too badly for himself.

I hate it when people confuse pedantry and a head for facts and figures with 'intelligence'. If those people on TV shows like 'Eggheads' or '15 to 1' were intelligent, they would be too busy spending their millions to appear on second rate TV shows. Some of the world's wealthiest people can't spell or add up for toffee, they don't have 10 GCSEs and they aren't pub quiz masters.

carolt

mr.broderick wrote: »

I dont think this forum is a fair indication of the house price situation.
Posters like carolt,missmoneypenny,neverdespair girl etc who have gambled their lives on the housing market will always talk down the market and prophecise a crash cause it suits them. Don't get me wrong the bulls on here would say the opposite, I am just about the most impartial poster on here cause it suits me either way and i don't think we'll see a crash in fact i've got a horrible feeling prices will push on again in a few months when ftb realise the crash aint comin and mortgage themselves to the hilt to buy.

I've never claimed to be impartial; far from it - I tell the truth as I see it. Others can choose to agree or dismiss - that's up to them.

But I believe that to gamble, you have to put some money down. mr.broderick, am I right or have you just bought a house, at the peak of the market, just as prices start to fall????

Bear in mind, this man is a self-confessed used car salesman, and that a few months back, just before he bought, he was the growliest bear you could wish to meet. Now he's bought, he's terrified he's made the wrong decision, and is desperately trying to talk the market back up.

At least I admit which side of the fence I'm on. (The right one, in case you're wondering..! )