[Tattoo'd Lady]

The Sunday Times have asked an estate agent in Harrogate - he tells them things are booming here!!

Harrogate ramping in The Sunday Times

No effort to check the facts - come on Sunday Times - why don't you give us some Land Registry facts? or is it easier just to take the EA's word for it?

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It’s a Teflon town because of the people who live in it and work in it.” He says that from the height of the market a few years ago, house prices had fallen by about 10 per cent. “But I believe that this is only because people expected them to drop.

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a swift turnaround time thanks to a ready supply of buyers with cash to spend.

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... two-bed homes, which take an average of 161 days to sell, ... five-bedroom fare on the market for an average of 211 days

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[the flying pig]

Beautiful.

No, i mean, it's completely fair enough given that it was printed in a Sunday property supplement which is to all intents and purposes a series of advertising features., leaving the reader to dip into it or ignore as [s]he sees fit. There's obviously a demand for reading this sort of thing and/or it brings in money from estate agents/it's a useful way of bulking out the paper.

In the Advertiser this would be printed as 'news'. probably on the front page. In fact, they're probably holding the cover of next Friday's issue as we speak.

The quote about price falls is a gem, however:

"But I believe that this is only because people expected them to drop".

There's something almost Confucian about it.

This post has been edited by the flying pig: 22 February 2010 - 03:42 PM

[Bootsox]

Harrogate not having it entirely its own way:

Flat 5, The White House, 10 Park Parade, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5AP

26/01/10 auction result: There were no bids but is available at £200,000.

http://www.eigroup.c...&c=hah&l=560947

Sold 23-Sep-2004 for £275,000

http://tinyurl.com/yec2p3s

This post has been edited by Bootsox: 23 February 2010 - 05:43 AM

[spyguy]

HGx is for posh people who do not want to live in Leeds.
It has also more than its fair share of fantasists, money hanger ons: deveopers, flouncy designers, etc.

The professional sector in Leeds - all those Lawyers - is getting hammered.

HGx will be hammered.

[Tattoo'd Lady]

spyguy, on 05 March 2010 - 07:14 AM, said:

The professional sector in Leeds - all those Lawyers - is getting hammered.

Are people losing their jobs?
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[Cicero]

spyguy, on 05 March 2010 - 07:14 AM, said:

HGx is for posh people who do not want to live in Leeds.
It has also more than its fair share of fantasists, money hanger ons: deveopers, flouncy designers, etc.

The professional sector in Leeds - all those Lawyers - is getting hammered.

HGx will be hammered.

A nice town, but Harrogate is certainly not immune from the ongoing downturn.

No amount of VI ramping can stop that.

[spyguy]

Tat Lady? You being coy?

As far as I could tell, the 'legendary' Leeds sector was all about doing bulk, low end legal transaction - conveyancing, etc.

[Cicero]

spyguy, on 07 March 2010 - 09:15 PM, said:

Tat Lady? You being coy?

As far as I could tell, the 'legendary' Leeds sector was all about doing bulk, low end legal transaction - conveyancing, etc.

Leeds legal sector has been promoting itself in recent years as an international hub for business advice. Walker Morris for example makes a lot of it's Chinese connections.