Realistbear Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 On the BBC mainwebpage under "business" : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/ House prices fall again in August House prices fell for the second month in a row in August, according to the Nationwide building society. Stagnant house prices and you -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What an odd contradiction to have on your website. Prices falling AND stagnating??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeholder Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Touch of the Alice in Wonderland there, or should that be 'doublethink' as in George Orwell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Yes the official line is "stagnation." They keep saying it on News 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Bear Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 On the BBC mainwebpage under "business" : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/ House prices fall again in August House prices fell for the second month in a row in August, according to the Nationwide building society. Stagnant house prices and you -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What an odd contradiction to have on your website. Prices falling AND stagnating??? Still, at least they used the 'f' word. In the headline, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 ...editors and sub editors most likely enthusiastic BTLers..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Bear Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 All media reports like this have to be as positive as possible so for now house prices are classed as Stagnating. Remember also parts of the BBC are funded by the Foreign Office to pump out their propoganda and I think News24 comes under that umbrella so its just a case of not talking ourselves down further than we need to one of the lessons learnt after the 1990's recession. Have you actually looked at the web page? The headline is in big letters: 'House prices fall again in August' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erranta Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 (edited) Yes the official line is "stag_nation." They keep saying it on News 24 What as in young 'bucks' at the Palace? Will-I-AM - The Daily 'Mail'/liam Wi-fi Edited September 2, 2010 by erranta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzlife Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stagnant Seems to pretty much sum up the state of the housing market to me. Ok, prices are falling but they're not exactly crashing. The headline is fairly bearish after all so I'm not sure you can call VI on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammo Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stagnant Seems to pretty much sum up the state of the housing market to me. Ok, prices are falling but they're not exactly crashing. The headline is fairly bearish after all so I'm not sure you can call VI on this one. Stagnation is their line. They'd love to be able to hold it, but in time, the figures speak for themselves. They'll hold out as long as possible though. Afterall, it is the obvious intention of the bank of england; influential media types well onboard no doubt at all. Keep house prices unaffordably high whilst gradually bringing up everything else from food to fuel to the same (proportionately) unaffordable level to try and justify the stupid house prices. It is an impossible aspiration fortunately. Live the dream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Yes the official line is "stagnation." They keep saying it on News 24 I think this new line deserves a visual representation: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I think this new line deserves a visual representation: ...OK ...'stagnation' for some .....the greedy BTLers ....but heading for 'normalisation' for the young and FTBs ....this is the way to go ...to grow..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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