Soft landing

[KentPhilip]

Last time I checked, it stopped collapsing seven years ago?

Indeed.

I was only trying to be deliberately tasteless in my humour...
Comes from watching too much ChubbyBrown (the comedian, not the prime minister)

[thunderlizard]

Another graph

from top of HousePriceCrash.co.uk

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/gra...d/homepage.png

so average prices have "crashed" to a mere 200% of what they were 10 years ago. How will we cope?!

[Platypus]

so average prices have "crashed" to a mere 200% of what they were 10 years ago. How will we cope?!

Exactly.

Nevertheless Daily Mail readers and middle managers will be having cardiacs at their "losses". Of course if prices rise again, they complain about inheritance taxes!

[VectraMan]

from top of HousePriceCrash.co.uk

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/gra...d/homepage.png

so average prices have "crashed" to a mere 200% of what they were 10 years ago. How will we cope?!

I don't think anybody is suggesting the crash is finished (i.e. "crashed").

[DimPrawn]

from top of HousePriceCrash.co.uk

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/gra...d/homepage.png

so average prices have "crashed" to a mere 200% of what they were 10 years ago. How will we cope?!

The crash has been running for less than 1 year. Lets see what the graph looks like in 3 or 4 years shall we?

[BlasterBates]

It might even go up.

(HTH)

[DimPrawn]

It might even go up.

(HTH)

Yes, plenty of scope in current climate for house prices to go up.