Prices will fall by 50% in four years

Loughton_Monkey

FTBFun wrote: »

I don't believe I've ever seen Hamish say "you MUST buy now as prices will rise!", which is the opposite of brit.

... but I once heard him write it.

Davesnave

FTBFun wrote: »

Although dredging up this thread is a bit pathetic, this particular poster hasn't learnt and is still pushing the same conclusion despite all the evidence against. I wouldn't mind so much if it was just here, but he's been on the sensible House Buying board a couple of times with his "advice".

Is this the silly board, then?

wotsthat

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

I cannot help thinking that many of this boards more Bullish posters have decided that they are going to pick on one of the more outrageous/wrong bear predictions and then lump every other bear post in the same bracket, there seems to be a mentality of "The only good bear is a dead bear" going on:)

I read the bearish posts on here and it is clear that many of them differ in circumstance, when it comes to a property correction/crash some are blindly hoping, some are more certain, some need it(crash), some want it, some just know it. Some people it effects their lives, some it makes no difference(they just honestly debate), and some look to profit if the cycle changes, and some are probably quite nice people, and some not.

I would like to think that some of the more Bullish posters on here are also probably quite nice people on the whole, but the longer I post on here that theory is being sadly tested I am afraid:)

Are you trying to win an award for how many times you can mention bulls and bears in a single post?

Someone's view on the direction of house prices seems like a poor indicator of whether they are nice, nasty or somewhere inbetween.

homelessskilledworker

wotsthat wrote: »

Are you trying to win an award for how many times you can mention bulls and bears in a single post?

Someone's view on the direction of house prices seems like a poor indicator of whether they are nice, nasty or somewhere inbetween.

No??


I quite often make the distinction by using the word "more" bear/bull in my posts, and then when in a flow I will drop the MORE.
The parameter I would now say is the difference between...

Those that think we are flat lining(bullish)

Those that think we are going to have a property crash/correction(bearish)

chucknorris

Davesnave wrote: »

Is this the silly board, then?

Definitely!

breadlinebetty

midnight_express wrote: »

It's now four years later and it didn't happen.

This prediction of Brit's back in 2008 is just like all his other VERY WRONG predictions!:rotfl: He wishes pices would drop so HE could swoop in like a vulture and buy a place for himself. Will neve happen though....he'll NEVER afford London pices.:money:

wotsthat

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

I quite often make the distinction by using the word "more" bear/bull in my posts, and then when in a flow I will drop the MORE.
The parameter I would now say is the difference between...

Those that think we are flat lining(bullish)

Those that think we are going to have a property crash/correction(bearish)

Yes you're right - it's all about bulls and bears.

brarus20

Quite simply if left to market forces alone Brit would have been spot on. What Brit didn't factor in was the desperation the government feels to keep houses prices artificially high aka low interest rates and printing funny money. It'll all be futile as either through stagnation or otherwise house prices will drop effectively by 50 percent from their peak, it inevitable.

chewmylegoff

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

I cannot help thinking that many of this boards more Bullish posters have decided that they are going to pick on one of the more outrageous/wrong bear predictions and then lump every other bear post in the same bracket, there seems to be a mentality of "The only good bear is a dead bear" going on:)

I read the bearish posts on here and it is clear that many of them differ in circumstance, when it comes to a property correction/crash some are blindly hoping, some are more certain, some need it(crash), some want it, some just know it. Some people it effects their lives, some it makes no difference(they just honestly debate), and some look to profit if the cycle changes, and some are probably quite nice people, and some not.

I would like to think that some of the more Bullish posters on here are also probably quite nice people on the whole, but the longer I post on here that theory is being sadly tested I am afraid:)

you've got some front making comments like this:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=55958475&postcount=24

foxy wrote:

You are the son of a teacher!!

I find that very hard to believe going on the way you write and articulate yourself.

and then reeling off completely unintelligible gibberish about bulls and bears.

Loughton_Monkey

brarus20 wrote: »

Quite simply if left to market forces alone Brit would have been spot on. What Brit didn't factor in was the desperation the government feels to keep houses prices artificially high aka low interest rates and printing funny money. It'll all be futile as either through stagnation or otherwise house prices will drop effectively by 50 percent from their peak, it inevitable.

I just knew all that talk, today, on sockpuppets - on other threads - was a big mistake.