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House prices rise

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  • Sir_Humphrey
    Sir_Humphrey Posts: 1,978 Forumite
    oldMcDonald wrote: »
    To say that you must be from GHPC, then :)

    I like MrB, I think he is a wind up merchant who does not really believe half of what he posts, but his discussions with others make great reading. :D

    There were a few Bulls over at GHPC, such as Columbo, who would make posts which then turned out to be contradicted by events. They would then be reminded of it in as amusing a way as possible.

    Now they seem to go there a lot less frequently (wonder why?) There are so few comedy Bulls to argue with now, this board seems to be their last natural habitats (they are endangered even at Singing Pig).

    The facts are so clear now that arguing with them is like arguing with Michael Palin in the Dead Parrot sketch (which I have only recently started to appreciate).
    Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. J. K. Galbraith
  • oldMcDonald
    oldMcDonald Posts: 1,945 Forumite
    Sir_Humphrey wrote: »
    The facts are so clear now that arguing with them is like arguing with Michael Palin in the Dead Parrot sketch (which I have only recently started to appreciate).

    :)

    Columbo was different, I find him annoying and far, far up himself. Mr B is more of a cuddley type of bull (but he would never admit it!)

    *edit to add - I look forward to reading discussions between yourself, pickles and MrB
  • oldMcDonald
    oldMcDonald Posts: 1,945 Forumite
    JonnyBravo - I can see you are here at the moment:D

    Got that avatar sorted yet?

    I can so nag when I am in the mood:D
  • brit1234
    brit1234 Posts: 5,385 Forumite
    mr.broderick wrote: »
    Why would I bet?

    Your right, there is no reason for him to lose £50. He fully nose prices are crashing.
    :exclamatiScams - Shared Equity, Shared Ownership, Newbuy, Firstbuy and Help to Buy.

    Save our Savers
  • esbo
    esbo Posts: 462 Forumite
    Paul_N wrote: »
    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.

    According to HBOS figures prices are down 7.77% since August
    If you include inflation since August you could call that 10% (only 40% to go :rotfl:)
    I don't know where they pull their figures from,, out of their a***s apparently.
  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    brit1234 wrote: »
    Your right, there is no reason for him to lose £50. He fully nose prices are crashing.


    Like nosediving? :confused:
  • ManAtHome
    ManAtHome Posts: 8,512 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    mr.broderick wrote: »
    Like nosediving? :confused:
    Must be better than nasal soars..?
  • lethal0r
    lethal0r Posts: 408 Forumite
    It appears property prices never go down according to DCLG surveys.

    Home_price.gif
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    lethal0r wrote: »
    It appears property prices never go down according to DCLG surveys.

    Home_price.gif

    That's the beauty of not accounting for inflation.
  • dannyboycey
    dannyboycey Posts: 1,060 Forumite
    mr.broderick wrote: »
    Like nosediving? :confused:

    Careful Brodders.... we could fill a book with your typos and grammatical errors!

    We go easy on you though as it's not fair to poke fun at those who've had a lobotomy.
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