Where can I find expert analysis on housing predictions?

[51st State]

I don't think I am entirely wrong on this one - I was talking about fairly recent changes in late 80s - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assured_shorthold_tenancy

These changes are seriously against tenants.

I don't know what was done in the 60s and it is entirely possible that Labour made stupid laws that made tenancy totally risk free for tenant - that was certainly wrong, but current laws are also wrong - they are way too pro-landlord.

Supply of homes to rental market can be regulated fairly easily - with taxation, if ther is a need to have more homes than taxes on those earnings can go down, or go up if too many homes are on BTL.

I don't defend here bad tenants who don't pay the rent or who damage the house and won't move or pay up, I am seriously annoyed that good tenants however have very little rights.

Right now the market is way too one sided even though it is the tenant who pays money - frankly there are not many markets where customer is put into such disadvantage.

A contractor saying that one particular sector should be regulated by raising taxes; how bizarre!

The thing that you're missing is that BTL is a business; it's there to make profit, not to be run for the benefit of the tenant.

You'll be saying that there should be affordable social housing on all new housing developments next, so that we can all let the scum mix with the monied classes.

It must be the comrade in you coming out ...

[AtW]

A contractor saying that one particular sector should be regulated by raising taxes; how bizarre!

Raising OR lowering - I don't have a problem with taxes used to regulate economy, this is what taxes are pretty good at. The problem I have with taxes when they are used for redistribution of income from supposedly "rich" to the "poor" in a way that goes against economical sense.

I don't mind BTL making a profit - they can be a business, no problem with that. However I have a problem with one sided unfair contracts that are seriously against the customer - tenants. If you are a business then there should be competition and contacts must be fair. Right now the law allows in my view way too much rights to the landlords and way too little to tenants. The ironic thing is that crap tenants don't give a hoot about it, so the laws don't really protect against those, but tenants are not protected from bad landlords - I know I had one of those, she sued me for completely made up damages, no doubt she did it more than once before and tenants just had to pay up.

[51st State]

Raising OR lowering - I don't have a problem with taxes used to regulate economy, this is what taxes are pretty good at. The problem I have with taxes when they are used for redistribution of income from supposedly "rich" to the "poor" in a way that goes against economical sense.

I don't mind BTL making a profit - they can be a business, no problem with that. However I have a problem with one sided unfair contracts that are seriously against the customer - tenants. If you are a business then there should be competition and contacts must be fair. Right now the law allows in my view way too much rights to the landlords and way too little to tenants. The ironic thing is that crap tenants don't give a hoot about it, so the laws don't really protect against those, but tenants are not protected from bad landlords - I know I had one of those, she sued me for completely made up damages, no doubt she did it more than once before and tenants just had to pay up.

No - not at all. Direct taxes take away personal choice.

And how the hell did you get sued for illusionary damages? No evidence in court to back you up, or did your ex-landlord turn up with photos of acts of squirrel-related perversion?

[AtW]

No - not at all. Direct taxes take away personal choice.

Taxes are good to direct efforts of society in the right direction - reducing taxes on R&D for example would stimulate it, but increasing taxes on BTL would reduce attractiveness of that activity. I am all for a healthy competitive rental market, however it is jost of the Govt to make sure that the economy does not overheat dangerously, you can put brakes on all sort of crap activity if you want it, NL Govt obviously did not want that to happen which is why UK is going to be in very big pain -- more than Spain actually, because at least there they got lots of sunny days so their properties will be worth something anyway.

And how the hell did you get sued for illusionary damages? No evidence in court to back you up, or did your ex-landlord turn up with photos of acts of squirrel-related perversion?

You can sue for anything, and she did - made up damages, even if true (which was not the case) totally made up compensation sums, for example one item that I accepted I broke (it was crap quality, but I accepted it even before court) - chest of drawers she said £180 replacement, I pointed out to the Judge that it costs £30 in Argos, and she did not have any receipts - you could see in judges face he knows she is lieing to him saying like she paid her sister in cash to clear up room

Anyhow she lost - I got CCJ on her since she did not pay up in time deposit - she must be having fun now trying to get credit with it.

[sasguru]

A contractor saying that one particular sector should be regulated by raising taxes; how bizarre!

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That's where you're going wrong. Atw is a deluded, unemployed, ex-commie amateur hacker. Regulation and taxes are his stock solutions to every economic problem - you see he once studied economics 101 and now rates himself a financial guru. The fact that he's poor as a church mouse and likely to stay that way for the forsseable future is neither here nor there.

[AtW]

That's where you're going wrong. Atw is a deluded, unemployed, ex-commie amateur hacker. Regulation and taxes are his stock solutions to every economic problem - you see he once studied economics 101 and now rates himself a financial guru. The fact that he's poor as a church mouse and likely to stay that way for the forsseable future is neither here nor there.

You seem to think that just because someone is rich then they must be right?

[sasguru]

When did atw become a figure of fun?

1. When years of promises on SKA came to nothing?
2. When he posted a list of his noddy degree subjects on here?
3. When he started claiming to be a financial guru even though he's probably the poorest person on here?

Who knows...

[sasguru]

You seem to think that just because someone is rich then they must be right?

No but they do probably know something about the real world.
HTH

[AtW]

1. When years of promises on SKA came to nothing?
2. When he posted a list of his noddy degree subjects on here?
3. When he started claiming to be a financial guru even though he's probably the poorest person on here?

I am pretty pleased how far SKA went. I don't think I promised anything to you personally, so I don't think you are in position to demand anything, frankly it's my business and you are not investor in it, so your words towards it have near zero weight as far as I am concerned.

I am not a financial guru, I just have got good education and common sense - imminent house prices crash is proof that my predictions were correct, the only reason the crash did not happen earlier is reckless lending by banks supplied with cheap money by the Fed.

Just like with SKA long term things require patience, something that I do have - just like with the house prices I will be right about SKA, at least for myself - if someone else like you does not think so, then this does not bother me too much.

[sasguru]

I am pretty pleased how far SKA went. I don't think I promised anything to you personally, so I don't think you are in position to demand anything, frankly it's my business and you are not investor in it, so your words towards it have near zero weight as far as I am concerned.

I am not a financial guru, I just have got good education and common sense - imminent house prices crash is proof that my predictions were correct, the only reason the crash did not happen earlier is reckless lending by banks supplied with cheap money by the Fed.

Just like with SKA long term things require patience, something that I do have - just like with the house prices I will be right about SKA, at least for myself - if someone else like you does not think so, then this does not bother me too much.

he he. Your foresight was truly impressive, not! Still have you head firmly implanted in your rear I see. Watch out for the rush of air that will occur when you pull your head out and the resulting vacuum is filled.