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1 Billion a Day Wiped of Property !!

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  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    ultra10 wrote: »


    What are the figures minus london?
  • Alan_M_2
    Alan_M_2 Posts: 2,752 Forumite
    What are the figures minus london?

    What relevance would that figure provide you with even if the writer of the original article was privy to it?

    The fact that houses worth less have effectively dropped by less in monetary terms, albeit at the same or very similar percentages?

    Errr....ok....I'd class that as wholly irrelevant or possibly indicative of a market that is slowing regionally, other than that, a generally useless exercise, but then if we're looking at all this at a microscopic level the article itself is a useless exercise as you don't lose what you never had to start with.....(unless of course you bought in the last few months.......) so it's just designed as a grab headline with some really big numbers in it.
  • boinging_2
    boinging_2 Posts: 403 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
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  • Alan_M_2
    Alan_M_2 Posts: 2,752 Forumite
    In that case the answer is £764.32. (excluding London)
  • steadysaver
    steadysaver Posts: 389 Forumite
    What are the figures minus london?

    Two bob and a large apple
  • steadysaver
    steadysaver Posts: 389 Forumite
    Alan_M wrote: »
    but then if we're looking at all this at a microscopic level the article itself is a useless exercise as you don't lose what you never had to start with.

    Correct, its all just monopoly money anyway to the average joe in the street.
  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    Alan_M wrote: »
    What relevance would that figure provide you with even if the writer of the original article was privy to it?

    The fact that houses worth less have effectively dropped by less in monetary terms, albeit at the same or very similar percentages?

    Errr....ok....I'd class that as wholly irrelevant or possibly indicative of a market that is slowing regionally, other than that, a generally useless exercise, but then if we're looking at all this at a microscopic level the article itself is a useless exercise as you don't lose what you never had to start with.....(unless of course you bought in the last few months.......) so it's just designed as a grab headline with some really big numbers in it.

    As a great respector of your posts i will qualify my point, i feel london having the greatest amount of property worth having seen unbelievable rises would make up a good chunk of that 1 billion per day, i may be wrong but thought it was worth pointing out. If people are going to write articles and throw specific huge figures around that cannot be proven i thought i'd just join in.
  • PasturesNew
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    100% of the people writing this individual posting think something may or may not be happening within some timeframe, which researchers will ascertain after trials of indeterminate length.

    :)
  • baby_boomer
    baby_boomer Posts: 3,883 Forumite
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    Every financial journalist in the country is looking for new way to marry the headlines
    £billions lost
    and
    property
    This won't be the last.

    But isn't UK property actually measured in £trillions?
  • mizzbiz
    mizzbiz Posts: 1,434 Forumite
    Rightmove begs to differ
    I'll have some cheese please, bob.
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