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nom nom nom ... 🤣

Well that won't be Labour, Reeves has already said she wants to bailout landlords and mortgage debtors. Not that Tories are much better mind, although they haven't said that but did pump the bubble as much as possible prior to inflation taking off.

Don't you think the powers that be will try to drop interest rates back to 2% - 3% at the earliest opportunity, along with other props for the housing market. Hopefully that's impossible. Then you have Labour's Reeves who wants to help BTL, you couldn't make it up, so much for helping the poor and young ...

I'd vote rejoin so I could leave this dump of a country more easily.

Of course it was planned, just look at Tony "75 properties" Blair and his millionaire son ...

nouvo cuisine at it's finest

Apart from a forum being old hat haven't a large percentage 40% plus given up on the idea of ever owning a home, so perhaps they think there is no point.

Pity they built the first stage of HS2, destroyed some lovely woodland etc, another massive waste of money.

This will also increase demand for oil, causing higher prices unless OPEC increase supply presumably: https://twitter.com/financialjuice/status/1704832120622116908

Will todays IR decision have any effect on house prices ? Suggests wage rises are the key determinant not IR's. https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkJzjMqelrJv

Yep, that wouldn't be a surprise at all ...

You still think there will be HPC ? I can't see it really now, BOE are corrupt and completely in the pocket of the government and both want to maintain house prices and send them skywards again. Crony capitalism at its finest. As someone suggested I wouldn't put it past Sunak to try and sell another spike in house prices between now and the election as down to his wonderful economic policies. I wouldn't be surprised if todays lack of IR's will see asking prices increase as EA's and vendors think it's back to normal from here on in. "have the BOE ever increased rates outside of meeting dates? " - I have more chance of winning the lottery...

I read the best thing for sound proofing a wall is "soundproof" plasterboard attached to a frame so you have an air gap between the wall and plasterboard for separation too. That should stop that sort of noise. Nothing will stop impact noise much though apart from moving somewhere else but that shouldn't be an issue for you.

Care to expand on this ?

I expect them to hold, as any meagre positive news will be used to justify it.

Strange how one persons vested interests are nonsense and yours are admirable ... yeah right ...

While some on here think house price increases due to market manipulation and HPI props are sacrosanct ...

0.1 is massive drop I must admit. I guess the massive increase in the cost of living which for the most part will stay as it is won't have any effect on people's ability to pay their mortgage.

Do you actually read what the likes of Reeves has said in the past few months about bailing out mortgage holders and BTL'ers ? Given New Labour started the BTL explosion, 40K landlords in 1997 up to over 1 million in 2010, I'd say we have a good idea what they will do, particularly as Reeves is stating she'll bail them out given half the chance.

What was the target then ? Still 2% ?

They are only good at theft ...

Large font is indefensible ? 🤣

If you can be bother to read I said in another post they are the same shyte different name. In terms of what people want on here generally, i.e. lower house prices, Labour will be worse as they will bail out mortgage holders and pump house prices even more, they started that particularly shyte show too as well as the BTL parasite horde.

Exactly, same shyte different label with minor variation.

Oh labour will be different will they ? 🤣 😉