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What chance of the Crock news being followed by defeat at Birmingham tonight ? Grim up north ? TFR !

So, the BTL industry is "screaming" for high taxes to be maintained ?! (and stamp duty ? "er no, please cut that one") This highlights how perilous the market must be, despite those "strong fundamentals" we keep hearing about

It can't be that bad - BBC "Business" news is leading with the Tory tax hike plans for alcopops...

http://dexs.webdadi.biz/details.dtx?proper...9D-2EEFDAD27B6F

Who will mourn the passing of Sharper Image ? anyone ?..anyone ?

Conflicting ? I don't think so. "..gift horse in the mouth..." etc

From "about us" on their website: "We're backed by venture capital specialists, Apax Partners, with additional funding from Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank"

When I'm feeling vunerable, I let my fingers do the walking to "D" on my alphabetically arranged CD's: The Landlord's here to visit They're blasting disco down below Sez, "I'm doubling up the rent Cos the building's condemned You're gonna help me buy City Hall" But we can, you know we can But we can, you know we can Let's lynch the landlord man I tell them 'turn on the water' I tell 'em 'turn on the heat' Tells me 'All you ever do is complain' Then they search the place when I'm not here But we can, you know we can Let's lynch the landlord Let's lynch the landlord Let's lynch the landlord man There's rats chewin' up the kitchen Roaches up to my knees Turn the oven on, it smells like Dachau, yeah Til the rain pours thru the ceiling But we can, you know we can Let's lynch the landlord man

"Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne has described the area as being "in the eye of the storm", as it has seen far sharper increases than elsewhere." Isn't that the calm bit of the storm ?

Recently took the ump-teenth "updating our files" call from a certain Oxfordshire EA: "You viewed property X seven months ago, are you still interested in it ?" "Yes, potentially; what's the asking price now ?" "Well....its unchanged - I'm just checking if you'd thought about it further" "The house is perfect; it's just the price that's wrong !" "Oh, well....shall I call you again in a month" etc etc etc........ Evetually I departed from our normal script: "Can I ask a blunt question since we know each other quite well now: when will your vendors realise that prices MUST be lowered to have a chance of selling ?" "Oh believe me, I'd love to be able to get that message across" "Well, what's stopping you ?" "That's easy - any agent that breaks ranks will lose the instruction, because the vendors will still believe the valuation of our competitors. So we can't push them too hard" And so it rumbles on

"PS. the family should have at least £100,000 in earnings and £35,000 free cash for a deposit"

It's angled so you just can't read the registration - I reckon it's a very early Boxster, so £20k is as cheeky as the house price. Having said that he's probably hiding the reg because it's "TO5 53R" or similar

Apparently she's 27- any more bids ? http://uk.dancerspro.com/view.php?uid=83618

Perhaps someone should tell him that due to the fall in valuation, their £88,500 investment actually means that they now own 71% of the flat, and are well on the way to full ownership. After all, it was done with a non-profit organisation.

Nana was my favourite (although "I owe the bank £700k - s'pose I'll have to find it from somewhere" woman was a close second). What made Nana stand out was that she hit the aspiration-trap nail on the head; she openly admitted that she was attracted by the £300k price on the flat ("reassuringly expensive") because to her it implied a young professional neighbourhood. Nana epitomizes the breathless desperation of the price-demand spiral that has now turned on a sixpence.

Take a close look at the picture. Under the large "X" scrawled on the door, I'm sure I can make out the word "Foxtons".

Wouldn't it be great if Mr Fidler was building something even more fiendish inside the castle (apologies, my imagination is running wild)

This could be the straw that breaks the camel's back

I suppose you could argue that just six months ago, this was not the case

Having left the garage lifestyle feature , Mrs Jones "continued to slow" until she slammed into the ground, suffering compound fractures of both femurs. A passing estate agent checked her pulse and remarked that her health displayed "sound fundamentals", and she should be expected back on the roof by spring.

VI language never fails to amuse "Mr Jones broke both legs having come back off the garage roof"

- no doubt it was those Shelbyville kids

definition: "paragon" n 1: an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept - I should say !

I only caught a sn@tch (ahem) - did I see a high street hairdresser with a uniformed doorman ???

I think a BMV offer in the region of -40% would be appropriate. Then I'd do it up and flip it in 3 months for £85k