Saturday, Dec 26, 2009
A little realism goes a long way.
Times: UK house price gap continues to widen
As 2009 comes to a surprisingly upbeat close, some homeowners are struggling to feel the joy. House price surveys might universally be showing recovery in the property market, but a new report hints at what many observers have suspected to be true: the gains are being felt only for some types of homes in some areas.
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2. devo said...
fdraoa says a price based on unusually low volume is the wrong price. he was talking about stock markets, but it applies to the housing market also.
something will have to give eventually
3. devo said...
what do estate agents think about the turning off of the credit tap?
4. alan said...
As well as Tower Hamlets, look at those flats being completed in L.B. of Newham and Redbridge too. Concieved 4 or 5 years back, they are ready at a time when prices are dipping. Will the Olympics save them?...can't see the developers making the "killing" they expected! Anyone watching them being thrown together might deduce they will become slums in a short space of time.
Sorry if you've just put down a deposit on one of these flats....
5. rumble said...
"2012 olympic athletes will be eating in soup kitchens" -JU
6. rumble said...
"what do estate agents think about the turning off of the credit tap?"
Lol! "What do estate agents think..." ROFL!
7. smugdog said...
Seasonal Greetings to all ye HPC's.
The Press ramp up the situation so that all of Stupid Street think that they are many
thousands better off at the end of the year, even though they may live in
a not so desirable location or in a not so perfect property.
Perhaps this is what the 'powers' want them to believe in order that they will
go out to buy those precious trinkets that they believe they cannot live without.
Many have closed their ears during the falls, but oh so welcome the rises.
Many a false dawn coupled with true delusions perhaps.
8. smugdog said...
And for the record, no I'm not a parasitic EA.
9. crunchy said...
6. smugdog
What's it like being totally misunderstood?
There is someone that understands you and many more will follow in time.
I am sure you will have a good new year. Cheers!
10. smugdog said...
Crunchy, as they say, any man who knows all the answers, most likely misunderstood the question.
I only crave contentment, and as Mr Heffer put it today:
"Only a fool makes predictions for the year ahead"
We are no fools me and you Crunchy, the very best of health to you.
11. greenshootsandleaves said...
Did anyone notice any articles in The Times putting forward the idea that 'the gains are being felt only for some types of homes in some areas'? I think I managed to miss every single one.
12. crunchy said...
9. smugdog said...'as they say, any man who knows all the answers, most likely misunderstood the question.'
The rigged questionnaires baffle many, apart from the questionable riggers themselves. They are the creators of much dividing in the quest
for the answers that hold the frightening and unexceptable truths that are drip feed to the quarreling masses over appropriate timescales. : (
13. crunchy said...
The men who try to unrig the riggers are always met with ridicule. Thats the beauty of the formula and why it works everytime.
14. crunchy said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUNQWt9BPKg............Now declassified.
But we all know that 'the game is rigged.' As the riggers say, 'ignorance is bliss.'
15. smugdog said...
Crunchy, you took the thoughts right out of my head, and beyond.
16. crunchy said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHol7WW2A8g&NR=1
Last one.
17. techieman said...
dont be cruel smug
18. crunchy said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0i4sJqHPUk
Wake up tech and stop your traitorous slimy ways.
19. techieman said...
i have seen most of these crunch - im off to meditate soon but if this helps you then its fine. It just strikes me that you cant see when you are having the pi55 taken out of you. Shame really less streetwise than i thought - were are you from? that might explain it.
20. crunchy said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D6fxyOtVeI This is for you tech, if you did more homework you would understand what street smarts is
all about. Watch this a few times to let it sink in. I need no allies as the 'truth' is on my side.
21. techieman said...
i have one question - whether your view of the world is right or wrong and that is do we have to have this stuff regurgitated on every post?
To assist you this is about "UK house price gap continues to widen". Really are you going to bang on about NWO on every occasion? on every post? ...oh i know i know its all to do with this because its all part of a conspiracy!!
Its all entertaining i grant you, but really life is far too short to be sh1ting yourself about this! Maybe if Alex Jones ? David Icke is right then life might be shorter still.
22. crunchy said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm73wOuPL60&NR=1
For as long as I see this crap I will try to educate dumbos like you. Don't you like your now diminishing freedoms. This is my duty amonst
many other things I do. If only more people did the same.
23. crunchy said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS2rlAoKiy4&feature=fvw
TECH, YOU MIGHT LIKE TO BE SPOKEN TO LIKE A SCHOOL KID. BUT I DON'T.
This is my diary and if people care to look they will see some gems they may have missed.
24. techieman said...
so if someone doesnt agree that you are right they are dumbos? How long has it taken you to formulate that insult? Lets be honest no one is listening to your rants. Your credibility is f*cked.
Keep up with your "duty". But remember the more people are told what they should and shouldn't believe the less likely they are to accept it. You do your conspiracy leanings no favours by trying to ram your views down peoples throats. People believe what they want to believe based on their own free will. I don't say this because i necessarily believe all of this is wrong. Although my view is my view, i don't ever say Im right or wrong. Unless you are one of "them" you will never know if you are right or wrong.... and that is the scary thing for people like you. You just take pieces and try to merge them all together - some are supported and some aren't. For example the abdication of Edward was nothing to do with the fact he was a Nazi sympathiser. It is true that the excuse provided the government with a reason to get rid of a nazi sympathiser. And as for the US Liberty false flag - well yes incidents like that dont surprise me,. It doesnt neccesarily follow though that there is a conspiracy around every corner which leads to only one conclusion. Perhaps the illumanti want you to believe there is a conspiracy - perhaps they leak false information to Alex and Dave and Le Crunch so that they can just marginalise themselves, and lose their credibility when one of the leaks they give is proven so obviously and stupidly idiotic that their credibility is in tatters.
In fact its a bit like a nostradamus quatrain. Eventually they can all be fit to something... but does that really give them credibility?
25. crunchy said...
Tech LOL. Carry on by all means LOL. Back to twisting skool soon for you boy. : )
What is your problem? I find fewer people here and elsewhere disagreeing with me. Go figure!
26. crunchy said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paWiZ2Y8fRg&NR=1
Stop being a lazy fool tech. These are my gems and there are many.
27. jack c said...
techie - all the best for the festive season - I'm looking forward to some interesting developments and debate during 2010 in the meantime I suspect in recent weeks a significant number of the comments under any article are by the same person using multiple logins.
28. crunchy said...
26. jack c
Check with admin on my IP address. Sorry to disappoint another lazy fool, and you guys have the cheek to call the masses sheople. lol
29. techieman said...
very eloquently put, a posting without a you tube reference. If you cant see whats in front of you then thats all a bit sad. BUT you are probably right in one way, few people here disagree with you cause they really cant be ar5ed. I cant recall many that have honestly said "you know what crunch you are right". When challenged you revert to insipid platitudes. Acquiescence doesn't amount to agreement.
I quite liked it when someone on here said argue with an idiot and you get tarred with the same brush. Perhaps there is a reason why generally people think Dave and Alex are fruit loops, and thats either because they have gone too far to ram down their views or because your friends have given them all the rope they need to hang themselves.
Perhaps if i posted a you tube video to explain it to you that might be the only way the penny might drop. And my "problem" is people who think they have a right to tell others what and how they should be thinking. That you half-wit puts you in exactly the same place as the people you believe you despise.
This all comes from the fact that smugdog was clearly taking the proverbial, and you - as usual - couldnt see it.
30. crunchy said...
tech
Thou protest too much with another essay. The truth is simple, lies are more complex.
31. techieman said...
hey jack - i hope that 2010 sees this site lose these moronic idiots but sadly it seems to be going the other way. Of course there is a place for these people but i cant see how its on House price crash .co.uk. I suppose the problem is its a democratic site and people can post what they like unless their comment is reported.
Jack good wishes to you and your nearest and dearest. I think the problem is that crunchie is a bit of a sore loser and cant admit to being wrong about his clearly erroneous market calls. He has no real insight and most people have now realised this. He always wants the last word unless someone presses him - even if thats done politely (for example on the global warming issue) and then says something like its not his job to give you the benefit of his research. :-). Risible.
32. crunchy said...
This is too easy for me. bye bye tech, Yawn!
33. jack c said...
Why would admin provide any info on a users IP adress? - in any event it usually takes about 1 week for them to provide a password etc !
I read with interest most of the comments and links on here (but never go in the forums) - I do not consider myself a lazy fool and try to respect the fact that this site is primarily for the discusssion of UK residential house prices although I do accept that wider economic issues make worthwhile posts.
Seasons greetings to all.
34. crunchy said...
30. techieman
A word of wisdom for you before I go. Then don't start it. SIMPLES! : )
35. techieman said...
Le crunch - your arguments and responses get ever weaker, maybe hopefully one day they will stop completely. When is a response not a response? When its postulated by Le crunch.
I will keep it really simple then and condense what i said into one sentence that your brain might be able to assimilate :
"When challenged you revert to insipid platitudes. Acquiescence doesn't amount to agreement. " LOL
36. jack c said...
techie - many thanks once again for your comments and input - all the best for 2010 which is lined up to be very interesting.
37. techieman said...
night Jack - I have enjoyed your input and stories from the front line. I think the markets are doing what they are supposed to do to shake out the bears. But it will be time for the picnic soon. Lets expand on that in the next few weeks and months - hopefully without having to be constantly interrupted by marginalised idiots worthless references to NWO and WTC. Happy Christmas!!
38. jack c said...
techie - agreed
over and out for now
39. markj69 str05 said...
@30 Techie. Don't get drawn in to lowering your own standards, don't stoop so low - Insults are not condusive to a good debate. (Aimed at you too Crunchie).
@crunchie - Although I accept that I do sit on the fence when it comes to teh 'conspiracy idea', I still have an open mind, and believe there are fors and againsts for all arguements. I must agree though, that your constant commenting on the same thing is becoming very one dimensional. Little and infrequently would benefit your cause more. And commenting on the post without diverting the topic, would be a bonus!
40. techieman said...
markj69 str05 - fair comments, i just find it insulting to be told what to think by anyone. Putting a point of view across related to the topic is what interests me, whether i agree or disagree or am undecided and are swayed by a good argument.
As for all this WTC stuff - i too have an open mind - although i feel that for example the pentagon stuff really sucks in the conspiracy folks because at the end of the day they always knew they could prove the jet did hit the pentagon. That then means that people think all the other issues can easily be debunked (when some of them probably cant). i find it extremely annoying because i knew people in that building and to be constantly reminded of it by someone that KNOWS very little demeans their memory.
41. crunchy said...
39. techieman
BS, The 911 victims have still not gotten the answers to their questions.
The 911 rescuers and New York civillians are still dying from air pollition after they were told by government safety officials that it was safe to return back to work.
Would you not like to know who murdered you friends. Never let 911 be forgotten untill the true perpetrators are behind bars and the victims families are finally at peace with the truth. You suck big time. Shame on you.
To just forget about this and other mass murders is a great disservice to the still living relatives and the world at large.
It may suit you to forget, but not I or millions of truth seekers that are appreciated by these families. You are ignorant on this subject.
42. crunchy said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzC3QI8JenU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXcWoxrvraQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylSPFY3YjD8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79o9fFwTStc
'Most' of us want the answers tech and this will be resolved in time if 911 is not forgotten.
43. crunchy said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB0uN70dPJs&NR=1&feature=fvwp
No matter which way I look, 911 stinks to high heaven tech. You expect me and others to shut up. (NO)
44. crunchy said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjZ2zPT7XUc&feature=related
LISTEN FROM 4.10 TECH. A new investigation is needed and it will not happen if 911 is forgotten.
I hope you get the point.
45. smugdog said...
3-2-1, you're all back in the room!
46. fallingbuzzard said...
The reason that 9/11 happened is because the risk of it happening was not presumed to be high enough on 9/10
47. p. doff said...
Good job that Nigerian guy only set fire to his knackers rather than bringing the plane down otherwise we'd have had a load more 'theories' to contend with - all supported by 'evidence' on youtube.
48. crunchy said...
46. p. doff,
You didn't do your declassified Gulf of Tonkin '1964' homework I gave you. tut, tut!
Resistance is futile. Selective intelligent picks on U tube and old government white papers are fertile.
49. p. doff said...
It's all a question of degree - unless you have a 'fertile' imagination.
50. crunchy said...
The truth has no degrees only lies p.doff.
51. braindeed said...
This'll get me booted :-)
Ol HP again