Haven't you heard? The symbol "-" now means "positive". The banks had a meeting with the government last week and decided to switch the meanings of "-" and "+" in order to boost the housing market.
Unconventional? Sounds more like childish and stupid to me. It's Rightmove's site and they should be allowed to ban whoever they want if their listings are giving an unprofessional image.
A good point, but for some months we were guaranteed by the media that it's "not as bad as the 1990s". A graph like this finally exposes the mindless optimists.
I think the headline should actually be Buy-to-let no longer for shiny-eyed idiots who have spent 2008 saying "yes, yes, house prices are going up aren't they, they always do".