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Desperate times for estate agents

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    #11
    Moscow,


    sorry sorry sorry

    you're right

    it was Moose

    Milan.

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      #12
      Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
      Mule,

      don't knock it, with all this bail out money being pumped into the systems and funded by tax payers, one has to wonder is the consequence will be inflation

      if so, although a hard decision to stomach today, it may be a very shrewd medium term move to get out of cash and into property and assets which will rise with the inflation

      those at the back, think long and hard before laughing at what I just said.
      Hi Milan,

      You have just reminded me of a story told by my German teacher at school. Apparently his father had sold a block of flats just before hyperinflation kicked in in Germany, and within a short space of time, the money he had got for his flats would only buy a wheel of cheese.
      Last edited by Sysman; 8 October 2008, 09:04.
      Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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        #13
        Originally posted by Sysman View Post
        Hi Milan,

        You have just reminded me of a story told by my German teacher at school. Apparently his father had sold a block of flats just before hyperinflation kicked in in Germany, and within a short space of time, the money he had got for his flats would only buy a wheel of cheese.

        Another from Germany during the height of Hyper-Inflation - a shopper went into a butchers to buy some wurst - outside the shop she left a basket full of banknotes.

        When she left the shop somebody had stolen the basket and left the money on the pavement.

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          #14
          Originally posted by Sysman View Post
          Hi Milan,

          You have just reminded me of a story told by my German teacher at school. Apparently his father had sold a block of flats just before hyperinflation kicked in in Germany, and within a short space of time, the money he had got for his flats would only buy a wheel of cheese.
          There's the problem, right there. If the Germans are supposed to be such brilliant engineers why were they making their wheels out of cheese? No wonder they needed to be kicked back into shape by a chippy Austrian with a comic moustache.

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            #15
            Latest tactic

            http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ide-homes.html

            "Rent dodgers are to be publicly shamed in a drastic new move from frustrated estate agents suffering in the economic crisis."

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              #16
              Originally posted by cupidstunt View Post
              "The question is as to the best method of
              protecting money in the current climate and
              the simple answer is to invest in property. "

              I wonder if he burst into a maniacal laugh as he wrote that similar to I did when I read it.
              It all depends....

              If you have the cash and do not need a mortgage AND you are in it for the long term and do not have to rely on continual rental income then buying carefully chosen property now is a very good idea in the right area.

              Full marks from me to the estate agent for trying!
              This default font is sooooooooooooo boring and so are short usernames

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                #17
                Originally posted by MPwannadecentincome View Post
                It all depends....

                If you have the cash and do not need a mortgage AND you are in it for the long term and do not have to rely on continual rental income then buying carefully chosen property now is a very good idea in the right area.

                Full marks from me to the estate agent for trying!
                By the same logic. if you were to wait another year chances are you could select an equivalent property discounted by - 30 per perhaps even 70 per cent.

                For time being - the smart money will stay out the property market.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
                  He's 'aving a larf ....


                  Paper late !", cried a voice in the crowd;
                  Mmm-mm-mm, "Old man dies,

                  The note he left was signed
                  "Old Father Thames" - it seems he's drowned
                  Selling England by the Pound


                  Citizens of Hope & Glory
                  Time goes by - it's "the time of your life"
                  Easy now, sit you down
                  Chewing through your Wimpy dreams
                  They eat without a sound
                  Digesting England by the pound


                  top quality genesis post

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post


                    top quality genesis post

                    Thankfully not of the Sarah Palin variety....

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                      #20
                      I think apartments in Spain are particularly good value at the moment...

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