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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostAs you may know I have a reasonable amount of cash, mostly sitting now in sterling in high interest () saving accounts, spread to limit the risk at £50K per account.
I've been waiting for the proper house price crash, you know, the one you would expect when the economy of a country is effectively bankrupt.
However, Brown and Co. are sticking with a policy of inflating bubbles with very low interest rates, printing money and forcing lenders to hold off on repossession and instead passing the burden of debt down the generations.
So, do I continue with my wait and hold strategy or buy the millionaire mansion now, before it's too late?Comment
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Head off to HousePriceCrash.co.uk
They've been discussing this to death for 9 years. In fact, some of them have been predicting HPC for so long they have gone quite mad. You'll find them barking on about end of capitalism and the dawn of a new world order based on banning property ownership outright.Cats are evil.Comment
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Originally posted by swamp View PostThey've been discussing this to death for 9 years. In fact, some of them have been predicting HPC for so long they have gone quite mad. You'll find them barking on about end of capitalism and the dawn of a new world order based on banning property ownership outright.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostAs you may know I have a reasonable amount of cash, mostly sitting now in sterling in high interest () saving accounts, spread to limit the risk at £50K per account.
I've been waiting for the proper house price crash, you know, the one you would expect when the economy of a country is effectively bankrupt.
However, Brown and Co. are sticking with a policy of inflating bubbles with very low interest rates, printing money and forcing lenders to hold off on repossession and instead passing the burden of debt down the generations.
So, do I continue with my wait and hold strategy or buy the millionaire mansion now, before it's too late?
Get very quickly into LLYODS shares.Comment
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I reckon house prices will stay flat for a long time but in real terms they'll devalue as inflation rises....my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...
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Originally posted by Clippy View PostI thought you were the boards resident property expert?
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I'm cheered by the fact that most here appear the think Gordon hasn't saved the World and that house prices are still due for a fall.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostI'm cheered by the fact that most here appear the think Gordon hasn't saved the World and that house prices are still due for a fall.The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Originally posted by alreadypacked View PostWHS.
Printing money changes everything, no one know where this will end. Not even Gordon.The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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