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He's not a tw@t - he's telling it like it is - any novice who had visited this site in the first half of the noughties and been swayed by the "experts" here might, just might, have sold far too early and cost themselves alot of cash. In my perfectly honest opinion. I take the views of folk here with a large pinch of salt and do my own thing. It's principal boon in my view is as a news collation venue. It seems that most of the interesting financial stories for the day are flagged up here and so this site is a portal in that sense. But financial nous? - nah - Geoff Boycott's mum, pinny and all could do better.

And who could blame it given that the greater part of the national debt is denominated in sterling...?

Thanks - well pleased. Buying a house this month - happy days are here again!!

Have you got a link please? Can't see on BBC...

Doh! Keep on doomsaying. One day you'll be right and then you'll be able to think of yourself as a kind of financial whizz. Well played. Keep it there!

Doh!

I'd say it was a serious post, and I can see that he only joined in 08, but he is really summing up well the feelings of people who have stood on the sidelines expecting a crash for the whole of the decade, been gee'ed on by the know it alls on this site who actually knew fukk all and when, like the broken clock that tells the time right every so often, the crash finally came they smugly patted each other on the back and said they were right all along. Well played to the poster and good luck. DYOR must always be the maxim.

-0.2% definitely.

Excellent thread. It serves as a real lesson to people to follow their own instincts and make their own minds up. Never, never take anything seriously from people who profess to know the answers. The certainty with which posters were predicting a crash in 2005 with worse to follow and that the OP should not buy would be hilarious if I could be sure that others weren't taking it seriously. Financial Planner : So, late 2005 to mid 2006 when HPs are falling by 10-15% pa you're going to buy a place? Do please tell us when you have done so - I'll enjoy the read. Or, of course, you could just carry on renting until prices stabilise at rock bottom levels and then buy. I guess that would be too messy for you? What a prig and how wrong was it possible to be? Sound financial advice there - only it wasn't advice it was more sneering at someone who deviated from the orthodox. Be sure, the same words are being uttered now, by different people (I don't seem to recognise many of the names on the first couple of pages) and anyone who has a different point of view is mocked and traduced (normally ad homine - but that's where we are at on this site). I used to visit this site alot but it's tired now, self-conragulatory and narrow.

bile, spleen, vitriol, claws out. What a horrid place this HPC place is...

The stamp duty reduction was extended to the end of the year in the April Budget... http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBen...C&cre=Money

The Brain of Mobius

Got to agree with everything you say - my experience with Amazon over the years has been very good - can't think what the poster might be getting at here...

Hi - I make it a yoy fall of 10.93% by the end of the year if every month from now to December results in a -2% fall on the previous month. I can't see 30% down by Xmas - agree with the chap who said that the comment was madness. I use the Nationwide figures

I agree with Timm - the distinction between sole selling rights and sole agency is pretty clear cut.

Olive Supple-Still Gotta love that name!!

I agree with you - except I would call it between £250k and £295k.

Funnily enough I have just spent £100k on some shares (nb I do have a job and some more cash in the bank). HICL VOD NFDS CNA REX BP NG. GSK a combined yield of 6.52% at yesterday's closing prices. I bought in roughly £12500 tranches - thoguth this was a fair mix of stocks for a long term view - more than a year. NFDS is one where I worry that the dividend may be at risk, BP and GSK's payments are subject to USD/GBP exchange rate.

Which agent is that?

I have just read that Michael Jackson has died I will let you know if I hear any more.

Thanks for the tip - I didn't realise they were that cheap - will take a look!

To be honest though, talking just about the Stock Market here - I think it's getting way ahead of itself and am preparing for it to take a tumble any day now. Sold out of BARC today (far too early in the day worst luck) - but am happy to be 100% cash for the time being.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/greenp...-eco-style.html Fascinating article here about a couple who built there own art deco house!

That's very interesting. I know that in his last post in Feb, Honest EA called £250k-£300k a "deadzone" in that any place priced in that price band was going for £250k and if the sellers didn't like it then there was no sale. I wonder if that is still his experience?

Could I ask where you are please? I would love to find proprties at that price in a rural location as you say. I've never seen anything anywhere for that sort of figure??