hra Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Boom in second homes is next big thing in property http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_brit...ticle308010.ece Looks like the Independent's having another bad bear day: "Britons could be about to embark on an unprecedented spree of second home-buying over the next 10 years." "A report by the Future Foundation forecasts that the market for a country pad or pied-a-terre is set to rise by 24 per cent by 2015" "The once-fading resort of Southend is also hotly tipped as an investment area because of its 12 per cent house-price growth, proximity to London and high quality of life." "It is estimated that Britons will be 73 per cent richer over the next 20 years" ... "We are becoming better off and people throughout the UK are beginning to realise that they need more than one home to reflect their lifestyle and meet their needs. They will also realise that they can afford it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurows Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 What a load of tosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hra Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 Whose interest are they serving?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ours - in the form of entertainment value? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignorant Steve Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Increasing demand for 2nd homes in beauty spots was the subject of a Radio 4 piece this morning. SIPPS being the driver for higher rate tax payers apparently. Bit hairy on the motorway so couldn't give it my full attention. Some bloke reckoned he had a load of people just waiting to pile in in April next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriah Heap Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Of course if you were in the property business and you really did think there was a big boom coming next year, the last thing you would want would it being in all the media now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Charlie The Tramp Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 They will also realise that they can afford it" How by taking on more debt? Some bloke reckoned he had a load of people just waiting to pile in in April next year. Why do lemmings read page one and then ignore the other pages. My mate living in Spain says many there are trying to pile out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justanewbie Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) The Future Foundation is an Experian company. "Here we operate as both a strategic consultancy and a think-tank. We take on specific briefs in areas such as forecasting, new product development, future-proofing strategy and market mapping. We also develop thought-leadership programmes that are appropriate, intelligent, innovative and robust. These can be on specific issues or emerging trends, often providing distinctive platforms for communications activity." Their product is marketing waffle and their customers may or not believe the waffle that they purchase. "Thought-leadership programmes". ****ing nonsense. Edited August 25, 2005 by justanewbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homedaq Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 The once-fading resort of Southend is also hotly tipped as an investment area because of its 12 per cent house-price growth, proximity to London and high quality of life." With ultimate respect to Southend as someone who grew up there, all these new dacha owners should be warned that thay are not jellyfish being washed up on the stoney beaches but used condoms. Perhaps the journalist has a beach hut to sell on Thorpe Bay beach just along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillill Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4182644.stm Looks like second-home buyers are going to be getting upto 40% tax back on their second-homes. So they can use the second-home to boost their pension. Do you get 40% off shotguns and someone can do us all a favour with Gordon Brown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hra Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4182644.stmLooks like second-home buyers are going to be getting upto 40% tax back on their second-homes. So they can use the second-home to boost their pension. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, somehow in the Independent's colourful and enthralling saga of global warming, flash floods, forest fires, indulgent parents, Victorian regeneration, aspirational cohabitants and even terrorism, they didn't quite get round to mentioning SIPPs, did they? Do you get 40% off shotguns and someone can do us all a favour with Gordon Brown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyMe Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) Oops, threads crossed. Edited August 25, 2005 by OnlyMe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I can't help wondering who at the Independent is heavilly mortgaged to the hilt on more than one property and is trying desperately to off-load them ASAP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPCheese Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Spin reported as news...Whose interest are they serving? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The Future Foundation - Client List http://www.futurefoundation.net/Client%20list.html Abbey AMV/BBDO Hub AOL Archant Asda Barclays Bank BBC BBH BMP DDB Bank of Ireland BT plc BUPA Cahoot Cancer Research UK Capital Radio Carat Cendant Cereal Partners Centrica Channel 4 Clerical Medical Coca Cola olgate Palmolive Co-operative Group Coors Brewers Direct Line Direct Marketing Association Defra EHS Brann Electrolux Emap Five Guardian Newspapers HBoS Hachette Filipacchi Home Office Homeowners Friendly Society HSBC J.Walter Thompson Kellogg's Leo Burnett Lloyds TSB Lowe Worldwide McCann Erickson Mirror Group Newspapers Nestlé News International Next Nissan Europe Norwich Union OMD Orange Prudential RHM Group SKY Standard Life Assurance St Lukes Target Direct TBWA – Europe Tesco The Royal Bank of Scotland TUI VISA Warburtons WCRS Wwav Rapp Collins *100th Post!* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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