Could be relevant (at a tangent) to this discussion:
Next door works for a manufacturer of cars and motorcycles. typically, they have c. 4-5K bikes in UK stock this time of year (warehouse, not dealers).
Post lockdown they are at c. 2k units. They expect it to reach near 0 shortly.
They think the cause is fourfold:
1. Pent up demand (makes sense)
2. People not wanting to commute on public transport / WFH by default / moving to the countryside.
3. Rise in delivery services (Uber eats etc)
4. Factory shut downs offshore - 3 months in their case (ie supply issues to stock levels)
Will it last ? who knows? They're making bank currently!
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HODLING large detached houses set in acres, near good schools, eateries, national parks, coast and with fastest internet.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostSister in-law is looking at buying in the south west - have convinced them to wait at least until B-day January 1st 2021.
There'll be a lot of distressed sellers in the new-year. Lovely time to go shopping.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostSister in-law is looking at buying in the south west - have convinced them to wait at least until B-day January 1st 2021.
There'll be a lot of distressed sellers in the new-year. Lovely time to go shopping.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostFlats in busy city centres, houses with no or tiny gardens in large towns....big downward price pressure.
Houses with very large gardens away from crowded town centres, houses near national parks or the coast, farms, will go up massively in value.
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Sister in-law is looking at buying in the south west - have convinced them to wait at least until B-day January 1st 2021.
There'll be a lot of distressed sellers in the new-year. Lovely time to go shopping.
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Originally posted by PCTNN View PostI noticed 2 main differences from say 6 months ago:
1) more and more properties now get sold just on the basis of a virtual viewing. Buyers make offers without doing viewings in person, which sounds crazy to me.
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Flats in busy city centres, houses with no or tiny gardens in large towns....big downward price pressure.
Houses with very large gardens away from crowded town centres, houses near national parks or the coast, farms, will go up massively in value.
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The house market where I am (Edinburgh) slowed down for like 2 weeks at the beginning of the pandemic, then it came back stronger than ever. Prices never went down at all.
I noticed 2 main differences from say 6 months ago:
1) more and more properties now get sold just on the basis of a virtual viewing. Buyers make offers without doing viewings in person, which sounds crazy to me.
2) properties in villages outside the city centre (up to 1h away by car) have become just as appealing as properties in the city centre. Prices are going up a lot and properties in the outskirts with a nice garden are going REALLY REALLY fast.
It can't go on like that. This bubble MUST pop soon.
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Originally posted by Andy2 View Postyou . Because you will pay monthly payment for the next 20 years from your hard earned money to the bank who created it out of thin air .
Or, pay rent, and never own the asset?
The only logical thing to do is borrow money at near zero interest rate and buy physical assets
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