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Lol... Take about taking the piss .. at least he was probably giving our european/local tax credit friends some work..

Will they blame Aberdeens property crash on Brexit ??

Alba, Reverant_Cat, There are properties not selling at auction... That is completely unheard of for Aberdeen.. Take a drive - everything is on sale.. No prices advertised..make an offer... Ryden/CBRE etc.. Multiple properties for sale in Kings/Queens prime commercial/residential locations.. Sure people are listing listing rents and for sale at stoopid prices... but nothing moving is the word on teh ground.. I have walked past multiple houses for sale... Empty inside..all contents gone, grass overgrown..deserted!

Loads more flats swelling onto ASPC - Over 820 now for rent..yet people are still listing them at ridiculous pre-crash prices... 3 bed flats for £1000-£1200 and 2 bed flats at £750... Do they not log onto ASPC to review prices and understand the pent up demand from landlords? I see a few smart cookies coming on, under cutting competition and renting out v quickly.

'night-time economy' - explain more for people who dont know? Pubs and drink trade?

Still tracking but now sold yet.. what are the isues with it? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-53405665.html Now at auction £299k Reduction of £115k from home report....

300 community hours for £250,000 Almost £1000 an hour..... How on earn do i get this job

To hire someone with a previous conviction of that nature into that role is a HR joke... How much of this goes on though...

Agreed Alba.. Its very frustrating as they are trying to legislate and also a revenue stream for the council & Government and yet they do nothing..

If rented via agency they they are the ones that should be registered i believe but all properties should be listed even under that agency. Report them if they are not..

I forgot to mention that i looked into renting to local authority. they normally give a 5 year contract + yearly inflation. Does this mean that the tax payer is contracted in for 5 years at over market rates even when a market crashes?

Holy Moley!! No wonder everyone is a landlord in Aberdeen .. The LHA needs to be cut dramatically as the rental market has collapsed. You can get a 1 bed for £400 and a 2 bed for £600.. The LHA is more than the market average now .. the LHA is the market

Lets not forget the more houses, the cheaper the rent, the less HB the council needs to shell out and the more chances they have to clear their council housing lists and also provide affordable housing to council workers (Teachers/Nurses) etc .. to build houses now will cost the council way less in the future and more council tax returns too so personally i think its a good job they are approving more housing and the road infrastructure now starting to go in place.

Drugs Dodgy areas a stone throw from aberdeen - torry, mastrick, tillydrone, Balnagask, Sandilands, Manor, Logie, and Byron Junkies Drunks Inproportional influx of non-english speakers converting parts of Aberdeen - Polish etc Murders now happening on a regular basis - Even a single murder has been unheard of for years - now it seems weekly Sometimes even during daylight i feel scared just walking down Union Street in the middle of the afternoon I think as the bust spirals, conditions will only get worse as the money flight continues..

so when an economy falters..how do you increase throughput.. yes thats right.. you increase drop off charges from £1 to £2... Looks like the airport also suffering the downturn.. I wonder how long until the operators start to pull flights from Aberdeen and we go even further downhill.. https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/passenger-numbers-aberdeen-international-airport-continue-fall/

£220 an hour.....!!!!!!!!!

Well, still no bust in Aberdeen if a 22 year old can afford £50,000 for a range rover... https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/mask-wearing-thieves-caught-on-cctv-taking-47000-range-rover2/

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/new-plans-to-turn-historic-hospital-site-into-36-homes1/ - 36 more homes https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/thousands-on-waiting-list-for-social-housing/ - This is one of the reasons why Aberdeen needs a bigger housing stock.. https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/councillors-asked-to-go-ahead-with-plan-for-wheelchair-ready-taxis1/ - Could be a disaster for the taxis that are already suffering? https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/absences-due-to-mental-health-highest-in-years/ https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/free-electricity-charging-point-thrifty-aberdeen-residents/ - Who pays for free electricity from these charging points?

exactly, it costs Milne about £60,000 to throw up one of these houses..he is getting £233,000 a unit...i think his profit margins are okay for now.. I think Countesswells properties will be snapped up pretty quick due to location and the AWPR coming online soon.

http://www.auctionhouse.uk.net/scotland/auction/lots/5835 Did anyone go to the auction today? Results havent been posted yet. Interested in the results for these properties: 5, Kesson Gardens, Westhill, AB32 6HQ 29, North Silver Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1RJ 29, Church Street, Aberdeen, AB24 4DQ

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-3510546/Bank-England-set-fire-starting-gun-buy-let-crackdown-amid-fears-new-property-crash.html Government seems to be coming after BTL now in a big way to fill the coffers..as every man & his dog are now 'Landlords'

Just drove up Powis Place... Wow, that is a lot of student flats going to be coming online very soon... Were is the demand going to come from? Must be about 500 between the 2 buildings

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/S4/SB_15-68_Private_Housing_Tenancies_Scotland_Bill.pdf Wow.. I dont think Landlords know what is coming to them very soon.. - Higher taxation - Higher mortgage costs - Additional regulation - Additional HMO restrictions - Value reductions - Rent reductions - Increased market surplus - reduced demand - Local rent cap - Yearly rent rise cap Not a game you want to be in in Aberdeen with a high value property at the moment..

So here is where i think the big crunch will come for Aberdeen... What happens when University places are no longer free... Free university places cannot keep on going with the massive amounts of debt being carried by the UK.. especially as arguments over 'Free in Scotland/Paid for in England' exist. Aberdeen i think will almost immediately revert into a ghost town. Lets not forget that students are exempted from council tax payments

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/affordable-housing-signed-off/ 2300 homes by 2017