SMUG post. There's still time to move it !!!

[ferret]

If I consider that my money could be LOST in Iceland or elsewhere instead, and my house is a 4 bed detached in a very nice area, and has actually risen slightly in value over the last 12 months, very well thanks!!!


SMUG GRIN !!!

I hate reacting to trolling of the lowest order.

Of course Cyber, your house is unaffected by the crash. 13% off for everyone else in the last 12 months and the last two quarters showing 5% falls each = 20% drop in house prices each year.

When you say your house has risen in value - who told you this? An estate agent? If so ask them how many sales they have made in the last month according to their valuations. The only way of finding the true value of a house is to sell it. And in these conditions even if you get an offer the chances are you will be gazundered at the last minute.

Your outlook on the house market is amusing to say the least!

[TheFaQQer]

Your smugness is giving me a headache

What are you doing in General? Get back to TPD where you belong

[cailin maith]

What are you doing in General? Get back to TPD where you belong

I got lost and stumbled in here..... big mistake

[Cyberman]

Your smugness is giving me a headache

Sorry, if I have touched a raw nerve.

[Bob Dalek]

I hate reacting to trolling of the lowest order.

Of course Cyber, your house is unaffected by the crash. 13% off for everyone else in the last 12 months and the last two quarters showing 5% falls each = 20% drop in house prices each year.

When you say your house has risen in value - who told you this? An estate agent? If so ask them how many sales they have made in the last month according to their valuations. The only way of finding the true value of a house is to sell it. And in these conditions even if you get an offer the chances are you will be gazundered at the last minute.

Your outlook on the house market is amusing to say the least!

Then again... my house is currently worth about 20% more now than when I bought it 2 years ago. Why? A kind person built a luxury development next door, and, consequently, prices in our immediate area have all risen greatly and are still selling quickly when put up for sale. We live right next door to the development, and have gained most from it, as the building company had to reward us (owing to a few months of noise, etc.) with little touches like a nicely landscaped frontage, new and pretty fencing, etc. And (hooray!) the new build has a very similar look and feel to our property, thus making our house look like it's part of the luxury development.

BOOMED!!!

[cailin maith]

Sorry, if I have touched a raw nerve.

You couldn't be more wrong but you are going on a bit..... it's giving me a pain in my head!

anyway back to TPD for me

[Cyberman]

Then again... my house is currently worth about 20% more now than when I bought it 2 years ago. Why? A kind person built a luxury development next door, and, consequently, prices in our immediate area have all risen greatly and are still selling quickly when put up for sale. We live right next door to the development, and have gained most from it, as the building company had to reward us (owing to a few months of noise, etc.) with little touches like a nicely landscaped frontage, new and pretty fencing, etc. And (hooray!) the new build has a very similar look and feel to our property, thus making our house look like it's part of the luxury development.

BOOMED!!!

That makes at least two of us !!! SMUG

[Ivor Bigun]

Anybody else feel smug because they made sure that they did not have more than 50K in any one bank. I feel even smugger because I kept my money in my house instead of selling a year ago to avoid losing it in a banking collapse........ PHEW !!!!

LOL. With Sterling devaluing (and continuing to), reckon you're at least 20% down in the last 12 months.
Consider that with a non-movable "asset" like yours, it'll be down another 20% next year.
Not only that, who do think GB is gonna tax to the hilt?

Methinks you have a strange type of smugness.

[Fishface]

I got paid dollars at $2 to £1

and just sold a few 000,000's at $1.74 - which was nice.

...but next week it will go to $1.50 - doh!

ah well can't complain.

[Bagpuss]

That makes at least two of us !!! SMUG

I think you'd make a nice couple