we the sheeple

OK, micro bull trap, that's encouraged the one-post-wonder "bulls" Personally, I'm not too concerned that my str interest is about to fall, compared to the bigger picture. So far, str has saved me 150K+

Er, equities will recover way sooner than property, enjoy the bull trap.

On a day of unmitigated bad news, DOW jumped 2.7%. Now I undestand why

spoke to an EA today he said that dec and jan had been much better for activity as sellers were getting more realistic about price cuts. he was far from enthusiastic about the halifax 'bounce' figure.

To the mods, how can BrainHalfFull register today and start a topic? Looks like the invasion of the bored EAs....

In a pawwawel uniworse, the market impwoved in September 2008 and evewyfing is wosy wiv Gawwington Homefinders

Saw a video on Doomberg a couple of weeks ago (sorry, can't remember the guy's name) saying there was 19 sq ft of retail space per consumer in the US when there should be 12 sq ft. He reckoned many of the mall owners and operators were going BK.

Could they go "Jeremy Kyle" and 'ave a baybay

Sorry I'm late to this thread , been away for a few days, no internet. Dec, Jan and Feb are the big seasonal adjust months (+1.4% in Jan). I'm looking forward to March already

Yen is super strong. Japanese products are fooked. Sony just dropped their profit forecast by $4B, into stonking loss territory, iirc .

Great idea for a chain on shops. Just Baseball Bats

Invalid Buildings Insurance

Saw a nice 399 > 359 drop round my way this weekend

Then again, if the property burned down, I bet the insurance company would have ZERO sympathy and make ZERO payout.

Shocker in RH2, new to rightmove yesterday. Last sold in Sept 07 at 500K - no mistake, I viewed it in mid 07. Now on with a "price range" 395K-445K

As the boom progressed, the trend line moved up and up, from around 1.6% to the current 2.9%. I guess we'll need a decent sized "slice" below the line to start dragging the trend down again. I guess a year before it starts to fall.

Of course, there are no ongoing contamination issues with the site water + chemicals = watercolour

Nearby New Malden, Land Reg for November, ONE sale http://www.houseprices.co.uk/e.php?q=kt3&n=100

Fxstreet only showing previous month at -0.4% Forexfactory have a forecast of -1.5% http://www.forexfactory.com/calendar.php

Diss Troy at your peril.

Nationwide figures next week should be a stinker

You are Tony Adams and I claim my £5

I'm not btw, here's another one that's virtually impossible to offload (referred to in one of la beany's progs as a great example) http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sa...&radius=0.0

Spending those vouchers in case another retailer goes pop.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00g3...eek_18_12_2008/ Watch from 13:10s http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00g34cd/This_Week_18_12_2008/' rel="external nofollow"> "A pyramid in theory can go on forever ....." Wonder how her pyramid is doing?