Guest muttley Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Vote now http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtm...equestid=490858 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 (edited) The link you provided goes to the results page. You can vote in the poll when reading a news story (half way down on the left hand side). E.g: on the story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtm.../ixcitytop.html Edited February 23, 2006 by Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apom Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Okay third reply so we can safely say that perhaps the poll has not been swayed hugely by house price.. Stiil they say no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Have you seen the letters page too? Sir - The housing "market" is nothing of the sort - it's a pyramid scheme. As with all pyramid schemes the main beneficiaries are existing members - it's the first-time buyers who lose out.A combination of low interest rates and loss of confidence in other forms of investment, eg pensions, is fuelling this bubble. Since estate agents take a percentage of your selling price, it is in their interests to keep the bubble rising. Asset price inflation at these rates can be sustained only for so long. In the end, we will have to take out 100-year mortgages. Watch out when the bubble bursts. Greg Slaughter, St Annes, Lancs http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jh...2301.xml#head12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashBear Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Have you seen the letters page too? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jh...2301.xml#head12 thats excellent! surelly the poll should read "should the BOE raise interest rates"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careful_John Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 The Telegraph has been consistent recently in predicting that the next move in interest rates will be downwards. This is from today's "Business Comment": - Nickell's solo push for a rate cut may be a parade by EasterStephen Nickell must be a lonely man. For the third month in a row he has failed to persuade a single other member of the monetary policy committee to back his call for a quarter-point cut in interest rates. Kate Barker, who was worried the economy lacked the "oomph" to meet the Bank's inflation target at the end of January, had changed her mind a week later. She was not the only one on the horns of a dilemma. Despite the fear that debt worries would prompt us to relearn the lost art of saving and snuff out the guttering flame of consumer confidence, an unexpected bounce in the housing market was enough to spook the rate setters into another month of inaction. If the house-hunters don't come out with the daffodils, Nickell may find he's not so friendless come Easter. I am new here, but I don't think we necessarily share Mr Nickell's views on this site, do we? C_J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careful_John Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 And the result was: - Yesterday's pollWe asked: Should the Bank of England cut interest rates soon? YES: 29% NO: 71% C_J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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