shlomo Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 2 minutes ago, Locke said: Supermarkets will have the best idea. Nonsense, we throw more food away than we eat one of the advantages of living in a very rich country Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Locke Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 2 minutes ago, shlomo said: Nonsense, we throw more food away than we eat one of the advantages of living in a very rich country They know how much the average person buys, and they know how much they sell, so it doesn't matter how much you purchase vs how much you bin. It's not too difficult. By the way do you throw out food? My household rarely throws out a single piece of edible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pop321 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 8 hours ago, VancouverGuy said: I just felt a great disturbance in the Foxtons, as if millions of voices cried out in terror - and were then suddenly silenced. 😆😆 An interesting thread, is the the equivalent of building say 800k houses? Houses prices (for me) was never about numbers of people because there is always demand...since after WW2. It’s always been about cheap money. HOWEVER, this surely must have some nudging effect of that demand/supply and really just re-emphasises how inexplicable and irrational the mini house price boom last year was. Interesting thread...and like everything we can only make an educated guess longer term impact v house prices and future immigration. But lots of arrows pointing in the downward direction 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
satsuma Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Just had a serious thought, maybe when they are counting people they are not counting the people in the queue for Starbucks and McDonalds? This would probably be at least 1.3 million at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richmondtw Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 There have been many reports that rents in London have fallen hugely. The reamoaners will still say that immigration has zero effect on the housing market. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richmondtw Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 31 minutes ago, Locke said: By the way do you throw out food? My household rarely throws out a single piece of edible. I have to confess we do Quote Link to post Share on other sites
satsuma Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 13 minutes ago, Pop321 said: 😆😆 An interesting thread, is the the equivalent of building say 800k houses? Houses prices (for me) was never about numbers of people because there is always demand...since after WW2. It’s always been about cheap money. HOWEVER, this surely must have some nudging effect of that demand/supply and really just re-emphasises how inexplicable and irrational the mini house price boom last year was. Interesting thread...and like everything we can only make an educated guess longer term impact v house prices and future immigration. But lots of arrows pointing in the downward direction 😉 On an actual serious note. These people would be renting so more of an impact on the rental market. Of course houses are houses so it should decrease demand. There are a massive number of properties for rent at the moment but it’s difficult to say if this is due to people leaving to work from their parents house but still in the UK, which I know is happening to friends, or something else (like people are no longer in the country). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scottbeard Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 12 hours ago, Notting Hell said: Presumably a majority leave this country via air (or rail) where each and every passport is scanned on departure. Why therefore are these figures estimates? While it may be hard to count everyone currently on the island accurately, it should be easy to calculate figures of people arriving and departing (the delta) and in real time. How is it possible for an island nation not to know how many people are here at any given time? I don't believe that this data is not available--someone has it and it is accurate. Erm - well LEGAL travellers have these things scanned: not so much people arriving in little boats or hidden in lorries. Also - and not sure here - what about the NI/Ireland border, I thought at least up to December that wasn’t a passport scan job? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shlomo Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Locke said: They know how much the average person buys, and they know how much they sell, so it doesn't matter how much you purchase vs how much you bin. It's not too difficult. By the way do you throw out food? My household rarely throws out a single piece of edible. We throw more food away than we eat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ubuntu Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 As mentioned they'll be replaced by the more educated Hong Kongers to keep the ponzi going and who'll compete for the more professional type so called middle class jobs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeanutButter Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 12 hours ago, shlomo said: I can guarantee you you will receive 15% less rental next year for your one BTL, and the year after it go down another 10% Weird thing is you are a Turkey that voted for xmas, You hate immigrants but without them your rental income will go down, Poor, sweet, innocent shlomo. I am not a turkey, I am a ptarmigan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shlomo Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 2 minutes ago, PeanutButter said: Poor, sweet, innocent shlomo. I am not a turkey, I am a ptarmigan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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14stFlyer Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Others were talking about excess deaths in 2020 leading to an increase in supply in another thread. However, this appears to be a factor about 10x larger on the demand side. My view is that even this effect will be dwarfed by the negatives of the coming economic slowdown though. Rental income (and yes eventually even real terms house prices) are on the way down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shlomo Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 10 minutes ago, 14stFlyer said: My view is that even this effect will be dwarfed by the negatives of the coming economic slowdown though. I agree with this part Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trump Invective Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Why is it the most since ww2? did loads of yanks/other troops leave? or is it that they only have records from then? Not sure why there would be a drop then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NobodyInParticular Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 13 hours ago, Notting Hell said: Presumably a majority leave this country via air (or rail) where each and every passport is scanned on departure. Why therefore are these figures estimates? While it may be hard to count everyone currently on the island accurately, it should be easy to calculate figures of people arriving and departing (the delta) and in real time. How is it possible for an island nation not to know how many people are here at any given time? I don't believe that this data is not available--someone has it and it is accurate. The UK doesn't keep exit information. The government really doesn't know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MonsieurCopperCrutch Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, shlomo said: No they will not, the UK dream is over they are disenchanted and they will look for the next Klondike No they are desperate to come back. Stop trying to put words in my mouth. I know these guys and you don't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NobodyInParticular Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Trump Invective said: Why is it the most since ww2? did loads of yanks/other troops leave? or is it that they only have records from then? Not sure why there would be a drop then Lots of people came to live in the UK during that period because apparently there was a war going on in Europe. When there wasn't a war many went back, although not all of those who didn't like Stalin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSvetz Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Now that a guy you wouldn't want to pi$% off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shlomo Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, MonsieurCopperCrutch said: No they are desperate to come back. Stop trying to put words in my mouth. I know these guys and you don't. They have worked out we are wankers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wayward Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 On R4 news now...openly talking about benefit of falling rents as a result...heresy.! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wayward Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 ...ah but concluding with overall benefits of immigration...(presumably renters irrelevant) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GregBowman Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, 14stFlyer said: Others were talking about excess deaths in 2020 leading to an increase in supply in another thread. However, this appears to be a factor about 10x larger on the demand side. My view is that even this effect will be dwarfed by the negatives of the coming economic slowdown though. Rental income (and yes eventually even real terms house prices) are on the way down. The economic slowdown won't be felt by all they never are - some fairly obvious winners and losers emerging already Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ah-so Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 4 hours ago, shlomo said: We throw more food away than we eat 5 hours ago, shlomo said: This sounded pretty implausible and it's also coming from you, who often seems to be a bit light on facts, so I had to fact-check it. As expected, this is not true. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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