Jonathh

Hey... I'm actually a really nice guy once you get to know me And Dred.. i wasn't as late coming as you might think! I just *do* the leg work and manually check all the pages.. I like to see new drops and get a 'feel' for what direction an area is going! I have 'touched' parts of inner Hastings, Bournemouth, Worthing and (as atleast 2 of you will know..) several parts of the good ole B of TON I thank you...

This image is now my background on both screens at work.. Nay bother tho.. my colours were well and truly 'nailed to the mask' a long way back.

That's funnyyyyyy :-D presumably because it is -2% of a decreasing figure... Owwwwww i know how to work out ever decreasing circles now! Woot!

Damn it! Can we just pretend? Just seems strange they would bother to put it on their report.. they chose to delay it. They could have just said 'we always planned it this way'

Peeps... does anyone else find the Embargoed until: 09:00 10.07.08 Interesting? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Embargoed Basically by government order... But why?

Is the Halifax House Price Index out today? Anyone care for some predictions? I'd like to see it overtake the Nationwide's one.. but the cautious part of me says <1%~0% drop....

What i want to know is.. how do i buy a barrel of crude oil? My diesel is a harbour chick.. I am sure she can take it.. be a damn site cheaper too!

What do we know about Blanchflower? Appart from the fact he a is n0b! Does he have a VI? Is he a property mogul?

I love you man. Yesterday... well let's just say it was a struggle.

The devil is in the detail! JK

or ~75pm. Gimme your '1 up from a flat' place!

Stinging! and dude.. your place is hardly 1 up from a flat.. you got a nice gaff. (said mainly because my place is in between his and a flat!)

Chin Chin, you carry on with your.. mud pie! On a serious note.. great idea.. lots of wisdom in these forums.. if only it could be distilled.. then it would be HPCyamite!

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Come, come now children. Did we really think *any* *thing* *else* was an option? When 'we' entered Iraq (and i have no issues with a savage dictator being overthrown - my bitch is that they should have finished the job the first time!) that the yanks had anything else in mind - OTHER THAN rolling around the middle east and taking them all out? Iraq was chosen as the 'porch' for the forces as they are pally with Kuwait which is effectively 51st state! I heard a politician say on Radio 4 at the time, after being asked what OPEC meant for Free Trade he said and I quote 'I dont think OPEC can survive the changes coming to the middle east' I knew then, and I know know it will happen! Discuss

Ordinarily I'd tell him to keep his yankie nose out of it! Its nothing to do with him any more (he is drumming up publicity for his newly published memoirs!). BUT, after his comments last time.. caused the FTSE to drop nearly 2% AND the fact we are singing from the same hymn sheet.. I say.. GO ALAN!

Of course he can't control it. It is an open market.. About all they can do.. is raise the base rate, which puts the bank in a position whereby they are losing money - they won't want that for long! and hence they will up their rates -or- they can lower them, and then and only then market forces, and people voting with their plates.. will force them to lower rates. Course that is assuming the market allows for it!

On BBC News this morning was saying the 'the only way for King to go is down now'. Come on, I can't see it. The BOE does not run around like a wet hen. 1 more rise before x-mas, then MAYBE a drop in the first quarter of next year. There is a bigger picture here. Did anyone see this? Know what the whole piece was about?

Actually I thought that was interesting too.. but you guys gotta do some reading! What do you think this is? Slashdot! Seriously, I know ALOT of people who are holding off... I even know people who were typically 'up, up and away' are considering STR.. as we know everyone has an opinion on house prices. Most of the peeps I know that are buying now.. well.. lets just say it is suspected they are receiving support, and have safety nets (Bank of M&D). Not like Joe Public does.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6969904.stm From the article: 'There are now "clearer signs" that demand in the housing market has slowed, according to the latest property survey from the Nationwide.' Enjoy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6968202.stm From the article 'House price inflation in England and Wales slowed down in July, according to the Land Registry. Its survey of all completed property sales showed that prices rose by just 0.1%, dragging the annual inflation rate down from 9.1% to 8.8%.' Lovely Jubbly Don't merge me please I demand recognition!

UK house prices 'stall' in July http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6916823.stm From the article: House price growth in the UK "stalled" during July, suggesting that higher interest rates are starting to bite, the Nationwide has said. Prices grew by just 0.1% in July, cutting the annual rate of growth to 9.9% from June's rate of 11.1%. The underlying trend also slowed, with prices in the past three months up 2% against the previous three months, down from June's comparable figure of 2.2%. Nationwide said house prices would slow in the second half of the year. ....

Just perusing the following article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6084096.stm got lots of meaty bits that many of us have known for some time, but it is interesting to see it spelled out in a way that Mr. and Mrs. blind to the world around them - can read and understand. It also expresses the sentiments of many of us. Even seems to be interspersed with 'realistic' figures - well ones that start to mark out out in pencil what we will need to be painted in oils! Maybe the time is coming.. if the media pick this up and run with it.. it might get people talking when.. not ifs.. down the pub.. and bang.. a self fulfilling prophecy! Discuss.

I appreciate that that is what 'real price' is; i was wondering if the doubling of 'real pricing' had been empirically proved by anyone or is it a statistical anomaly

I was just about to post regarding this story I think; just saw this article on the BBC's website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6172088.stm Titled 'House prices 'set for slowdown'' I admire of the BBC and think it is all shiny and wonderful but I always feel they don’t portray the housing (and I am sure a few other things) fully. Maybe they don’t want egg on their face if it don’t pan out. Maybe they don’t warn to be the starting cycle of a self fulfilling prophecy! Either way; this is interesting. 4yrs i am betting on.. and my hands will be rubbing together with glee Just to cite some of the 'meat' incase my mate comes along - extracts it and takes credit... '"A substantial fall in real house prices is likely at some point in the relatively near future, though it could yet be one or two years away," he warned.' interesting words there 'A substantial fall in real house prices is likely at some point' (such an important point; i thought i'd mention it twice) Also i'd like to strike up abit of a debate about this bit. 'In absolute terms, UK house prices have almost tripled in the past decade, but compared with the rise in prices generally, "real" house prices have roughly doubled - up by 112%.'