Winners in the housing downturn

[AtW]

Must see photo (SFW): http://property.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle5155123.ece

Downturns and times of difficulty always bring opportunities - even if only a few people manage to find them, and nerves of steel are required to take them up. One person’s credit crunch, after all, is another’s big break.

Twins Bryony and Kathryn Frost, 24, must be among the few people in Britain who thought it a good idea to set up a property company amid all this doom and gloom. Energetic, immaculately groomed and identical, the pair had been training as middle-distance runners, with hopes of places in the British team for the Beijing and London Olympics, when they were diagnosed with low bone density and advised by their doctors not to continue.

“We decided to put all the passion and energy we had for sport into investing in property,” Bryony says, sitting in the flat in Covent Garden that she and her sister use as an office. “We set up a company in difficult times and we are capitalising on them when everyone else is struggling.”

More: http://property.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle5155123.ece

[sasguru]

Don't know why you're laughing. It's a more successful business model than SKA.

[PM-Junkie]

Don't know why you're laughing. It's a more successful business model than SKA.

On to far more important things than humouring this no-life egotistical idiot - what booze did you get for your wedding?

PS - I heartily recommend the ignore function.

[Francko]

Don't know why you're laughing. It's a more successful business model than SKA.

You can't beat his point of view of "success". Becoming top poster of CUK and feeding as many squirrels as possible. They certainly haven't managed this. Beat that.

[Cyberman]

Yep, I'm a winner. The downturn has caused HMG to drastically reduce interest rates and my tracker is now 2% and due to fall again next week........ SMUG

[sasguru]

On to far more important things than humouring this no-life egotistical idiot - what booze did you get for your wedding?

PS - I heartily recommend the ignore function.

Ah thanks for asking. A mix of brandy, whisky, rum, gin, wines and beer.
Hard to estimates the proportions though
Cost a few grand.

[BrilloPad]

The papers keep talking up property in the property section. same with the evening standard.

I suppose they want to keep the advertisers sweet or are there other reasons?

[TykeMerc]

Well they appear to have found a market niche and are exploiting it sensibly and profitably. Sounds like good business practice to me.

[Ardesco]

Must see photo (SFW): http://property.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle5155123.ece

They look like female versions of this......

http://sydlexia.com/imagesandstuff/spring/troll.jpg

Whatever floats your boat i guess....