Own up. Do you regret it

rozeepozee

kinster wrote:

do you see homeowners starting threads at the peak saying "how much is your property worth?"

Surely this was standard dinner party conversation til about 6 months ago?

lush_walrus

meanmachine wrote:

Aah, I always manage to coax The Walrus out of retirement...


And notice how the Estate Agents on this board have a habit of thanking each other.

Keeping talking it up boys. You're doing a grand job.

By the way, did you see the front page of today's Indy? Yikes....

Erm, not so much of that boy stuff from you meany, I AM A LADY!

trickster

Anyone seen the front page of the express today? In big bold letters.

There is an image to the right of the express web site:
http://www.express.co.uk/news.html

Ian_W

rozeepozee wrote: Surely this was standard dinner party conversation til about 6 months ago?

I must mix in the wrong circles, rozzee.
Sad!!

meanmachine_2

lush_walrus wrote:

Erm, not so much of that boy stuff from you meany, I AM A LADY!

Forgive me.

I always think of Walruses, even Lush ones has being podgy, grouchy types with moustaches.

I'm sure you're nothing of the kind.

lush_walrus

meanmachine wrote:

Forgive me.

I always think of Walruses, even Lush ones has being podgy, grouchy types with moustaches.

I'm sure you're nothing of the kind.

You are forgiven, I have to agree that Walruses arent the most glamourous of creatures!

nelly_2

Ian_W wrote:

I must mix in the wrong circles, rozzee.
Sad!!

Actually I'd say you mix in the right circles mate

Ps pressed the thanks by accident was aiming for the quote, which explains why I'm crap at on line gaming

Sput2001

Anyone seen the front page of the express today? In big bold letters.

There is an image to the right of the express web site:
http://www.express.co.uk/news.html

The Mail/Express have been forecasting an imminent collapse in house prices since I first bought a house in 1996. Nearly ten years on and we're still waiting.

They're on a mission to flog more copies of their papers by preying on the fears of your average middle Englander and pave the way to a return to 1950's conservatism.

If you take your economic advice from them, you're a mug.

trickster

Oh I never take economic advice from what I read in the newspapers, but this sort of headline, in whichever publication, has the potential to make the general public worry/cheer (depending on circumstances) and investigate further.

Then, when they come to realise that the house they bought last year has been losing its value monthly for around 12-14 months (source http://www.hometrack.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.viewnewsitem&newsid=113), they may realise that things aren't quite so rosy

Sput2001

trickster wrote:

Oh I never take economic advice from what I read in the newspapers, but this sort of headline, in whichever publication, has the potential to make the general public worry/cheer (depending on circumstances) and investigate further.

Then, when they come to realise that the house they bought last year has been losing its value monthly for around 12-14 months (source http://www.hometrack.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.viewnewsitem&newsid=113), they may realise that things aren't quite so rosy

Yeah, but for every survey that says that prices are falling there's another one that says they're not. It all depends on what agenda you're trying to push, I guess. Don't expect The Express to admit to that, though.

Eventually the papers will get it right, though, in the same way that a stopped clocked tells the right time twice a day.