Wednesday, Jan 10, 2007

House Prices to Double

houseladder.co.uk: House prices to double by 2030 says broker

House prices in the UK are set to double between now and 2030, financial broker Tradition Financial Services (TFS) has claimed

Posted by david20040_0 @ 11:34 AM (152 views) Add Comment

16 Comments

1. Njp said...

100% nominal increase in 23 years? That's quite a drop, in real terms.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 05:29PM Report Comment
 

2. Bobsta said...

Interesting ... kinda backs up the (long-term) opinions on here.
Given that HPs have doubled in the last 6(?) years, taking another 23 years to do the same is one hell of a reduction in growth.

The report can be found here: http://www.tfsbrokers.com/news.html

TFS FHP Indices Mid-Point
Thru Dec-07 £191,450
Thru Dec-08 £194,985
Thru Dec-12 £213,028
Thru Dec-15 £228,638
Thru Dec-20 £259,399
Thru Dec-25 £300,260
Thru Dec-30 £354,435

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 05:34PM Report Comment
 

3. Enuii said...

I could predict that, then again I could put £1 in a bank account with at 3.1% interest (p.a.) and more than double my money in 23 years.

Financial advise by idiots for idots I'm afraid, or is this another good reason to sell your house and stick the money in a bank!

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 06:08PM Report Comment
 

4. Bomberbrown said...

A quick calculation using an Excel spreadsheet makes that 2.9% YoY increase. Ha! pittance.

Surely this is good news? Hard to tell because the OP hasn't actually bothered to comment themselves on the original news blog article.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 06:17PM Report Comment
 

5. Retiredbanker said...

So in that case house prices won't keep up with inflation, assuming 3% per year (probably a very conservative estimate as energy
costs soar due to depletion).

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 06:20PM Report Comment
 

6. Davros said...

How can anyone possibly make predictions for 25 years time, considering that practically every pundit has got the prediction for the previous year by 100% or more?

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 07:54PM Report Comment
 

7. denzil said...

>>House prices to double by 2030 says broker

I stopped at the title as the rest of the piece is probably not worth the read. Yawnnnnnnn!

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 09:13PM Report Comment
 

8. Ephraimbubbleblower said...

has anyone heard of Tradition Financial Services?

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 09:29PM Report Comment
 

9. Surfgatinho said...

The word 'claim' seems to appear in this article more than a few times!

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:15PM Report Comment
 

10. Nohpc said...

You could put 1 pound in the bank over 23 years and double it to 2 pounds as some intelligent person said above. This is typical of the unambitious and narrow minded thinking on this website that has left a lot you many tens of thousands of pounds out of pocket.

Or you could buy a property with money which isn't yours and double it over 23 years and pocket the remainder. The more expensive the property the more profit you make. Expect to see some dips and booms along the way. Also most of this doubling of value is likely to occur over a short time period as it did this time round. Some of you may say yes but the inflation on property is actually low if you calculate it year on year over this time but you do need somewhere to live and your landlord will be very happy in 23 years time with his doubling of value over that time if people continue to rent off him even if he has not repaid any capitol at all.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:40PM Report Comment
 

11. Mjchum said...

Now hear this . . .

By 2030 house prices will be double their 2007 value . . . (but not in real terms)
A mocha choca wocca focca at StarFcuks will cost £18,987.50
A Ford Twot Hover Bot will be £4,834,003.30
A family holiday to Skegness will only be £467,923.49 inc Carbon Neutral surcharge (you're walkin')
An English slave will only cost £2.28 per hour (not including the provision of straw bedding which replaced the minimum wage under the previous New Improved Upgraded Labour government under the stewardship of PM Brown)

All those in favour????

Eyes to right . . .

Thursday, January 11, 2007 01:18AM Report Comment
 

12. James said...

Well they've already doubled in the past 5 years, why not in the next 25?

Thursday, January 11, 2007 08:44AM Report Comment
 

13. Davros said...

> This is typical of the unambitious and narrow minded thinking on this website that has left a lot you many tens of thousands of pounds out of pocket.

Can you believe this??

It's all very well being wise after the event mate.

With your mighty investing intellect, I'd have thought you'd be spending the million you've accumulated over the years, rather than berating the other posters for not blindly jumping on the housing bandwagon. Perhaps can tell us what will perform best over the next 5 year? Houses, equities, commodities?

Oh yeah, sorry, houseprices always go up don't they?

Thursday, January 11, 2007 09:15AM Report Comment
 

14. Randomkevlar said...

No HPC, want about the x3 total you have paid the bank over the 25 years? Still a good deal cause as you say we all need somewhere to live but just blurting out how stupid we all are just make you look the fool.

Thursday, January 11, 2007 09:56AM Report Comment
 

15. inbreda said...

NOHPC - yes you could get a property with a mortgage, and after 23 years sell the property, repay the mortgage and pocket the difference.

Only trouble is that thanks to interest charges on the mortgage the mortgage will have more than doubled, leaving you, after 23 years, with a debt.

Thursday, January 11, 2007 02:39PM Report Comment
 

16. Nohpc said...

Wrong Inbreda. After 25 years or less taking into account wage inflation I will have paid off my mortgage, own my property AND it will be worth double what it is now.

Sunday, January 14, 2007 04:25AM Report Comment
 

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