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  • WTF?_2
    WTF?_2 Posts: 4,592 Forumite
    Paul_N wrote: »
    You mean there are actually people out there that still believe what this government tells them. :rolleyes:

    So your're saying that inflation isn't just 3% then? :eek:

    ;)
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    Every pound less borrowed (to buy a house) is more than two pounds less to repay and more than three pounds less to earn, over the course of a typical mortgage.
  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    !!!!!!? wrote: »
    So your're saying that inflation isn't just 3% then? :eek:

    ;)

    Who cares hpi is here again and the feel good factor will be right behind it..bring on the good times :p
  • m00m00
    m00m00 Posts: 1,755 Forumite
    want to make it interesting mrb ?

    how about a bet, with the money going to charity

    I'm prepared to bet £50 that ALL indexes are lower in December than they are today
    It's a health benefit ...
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
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    mr.broderick wrote: »
    Who cares hpi is here again and the feel good factor will be right behind it..bring on the good times :p
    Every other blue moon I see one of your posts and get an idea of what you truly believe, this isn't one of them :D
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • m00m00
    m00m00 Posts: 1,755 Forumite
    Mr Broderick is on form today

    it's comedy gold
    It's a health benefit ...
  • Sir_Humphrey
    Sir_Humphrey Posts: 1,978 Forumite
    mr.broderick wrote: »
    Who cares hpi is here again and the feel good factor will be right behind it..bring on the good times :p

    Now all the foolish Bulls have scarpered from GHPC, I am glad that there are still foolish Bulls here to amuse me.

    This is like a naturalist seeing one of the last refuges of red squirrels before the onslaught of the greys. Exciting!

    :j
    Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. J. K. Galbraith
  • Paul_N_4
    Paul_N_4 Posts: 344 Forumite
    Funny, even the land registry recorded a -0.2% fall for April. Fiddled figures from the government?

    Besides, this DCLG stuff is for completions in April from sales months before, here's some more up to date figures:

    http://www.hbosplc.com/economy/includes/05_06_08HousePriceIndexMay2008.pdf
    Halifax May: -2.4%

    http://www.nationwide.co.uk/hpi/historical/May_2008.pdf
    Nationwide May: -2.5%

    Laggy, but here's the Land Reg anyway:
    http://www1.landregistry.gov.uk/assets/library/documents/hpireportapril2008.pdf

    But believe what you will.
  • dannyboycey
    dannyboycey Posts: 1,060 Forumite
    m00m00 wrote: »
    want to make it interesting mrb ?

    how about a bet, with the money going to charity

    I'm prepared to bet £50 that ALL indexes are lower in December than they are today


    It seems Mr B has chosen not to read this post. What was that about ignoring stuff?
  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    m00m00 wrote: »
    want to make it interesting mrb ?

    how about a bet, with the money going to charity

    I'm prepared to bet £50 that ALL indexes are lower in December than they are today

    Why would I bet? I hope for your sake they are moomoo ?:confused:
  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Sir_Humphrey wrote: »
    Now all the foolish Bulls have scarpered from GHPC, I am glad that there are still foolish Bulls here to amuse me.

    This is like a naturalist seeing one of the last refuges of red squirrels before the onslaught of the greys. Exciting!

    :j

    Good grief, what you failed to mention is that all the red squirrels bonked everything that moved and ate all the nice nuts before b.uggering off :confused:
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