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[lets get it right]

Terry Wogan just read out a message sent in by a construction worker in Scotland. He is being laid off in 6 weeks because 'no-one is buying the houses we're building'.

He (the correspondent) said he was thinking of heading to Poland to look for work as 'I hear they have a shortage of skilled workers over there!'

It's all grist to the mill.

[Gone baby gone]

This must have been Scotland, Texas. It surely can't have been that bit of land above England he was talking about, as they are immune*.

(* = especially Edinburgh)

[lulu]

This must have been Scotland, Texas. It surely can't have been that bit of land above England he was talking about, as they are immune*.

(* = especially Edinburgh)

Quite, someone somewhere has not been reading the script have they?

Scotland is special and therefore there is no chance of any price falls here - Hadrians Wall may be crumbling but it still retains its power.

[geed]

This must have been Scotland, Texas. It surely can't have been that bit of land above England he was talking about, as they are immune*.

(* = especially Edinburgh)

Must of been a hoax caller, best ignore it and get my Edinburgh property revalued again to see if I can afford that Alaskan Cruise.

[Gone baby gone]

Sorry, should have mentioned the definition of immune:

Immune

\Im*mune"\

, n. Six months behind England and Wales.

[marzipan]

you probably don't hear about it down south, but there have been a constant stream of redundancies up here.

Goldfish, HSBC, JVC, and a host of retail, distribution companies and even a tweed mill have all announced closures/redundancies in recent weeks.

varies from 10s to 100s each time, but a steady stream nonetheless.

I expect this will translate into falling house prices in a few months time, as the redundancies feed through to the mortgage market.

Edited May 8, 2008 by marzipan

[Guest An Bearin Bui]

Terry Wogan just read out a message sent in by a construction worker in Scotland. He is being laid off in 6 weeks because 'no-one is buying the houses we're building'.

He (the correspondent) said he was thinking of heading to Poland to look for work as 'I hear they have a shortage of skilled workers over there!'

It's all grist to the mill.

Somebody track that builder down and silence him :angry:

Everyone knows that Scotland is immune to 'softening prices': there has never been a house price crash in Scotland so there never will be, there has never been a house price crash in Scotland so there never will be, there has never.... etc etc ad infinitum....

[Guest DissipatedYouthIsValuable]

They cannae goo doon wae Broon