Originally posted by Diver
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Originally posted by Diver View PostMerely as an exercise:
15 years ago, I bought a house in Newport south Wales for £42.000 (BTL). Just had it valued (last week) at £130,000.
If I had had it on a mortgage and paid £22,000 in interest over the 15 years, I would still be better off by approx £64,000. or at £44,000 in interest I would still be approx £42,000 better off.
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Originally posted by AtW View PostOr when Titanic hits iceberg it is wrong to say that looking over last few weeks of voyage would show that everything is normal.
I was just thinking something similar about the titanic. Maybe I've caught a virus from one of your fembots.
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Merely as an exercise:
15 years ago, I bought a house in Newport south Wales for £42.000 (BTL). Just had it valued (last week) at £130,000.
If I had had it on a mortgage and paid £22,000 in interest over the 15 years, I would still be better off by approx £64,000. or at £44,000 in interest I would still be approx £42,000 better off.
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Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View PostHang on Alexi; you were complaining the other day about the short-term view of holding assets. Now you are saying that studying 1 or even 3 month returns on house prices is OK, but 1, 2 or 5 years is wrong?
Or when Titanic hits iceberg it is wrong to say that looking over last few weeks of voyage would show that everything is normal.
I am all for long term ownership of assets. For this taxation system should give tax relief, just the kind Brown just abolished
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Originally posted by AtW View PostYes and soon they will have to switch to prices 2 years ago to show that over 2 years period house prices have actually risen despite evidence that they are now dropping. Both will of course be right, only those who use annual figures are trying to use stats to further their lies.
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I want to know how people know if prices are rising or falling. It is not as if their is a standard commodity continuously traded. Each house is different and I think is sold, on average every 7 years?
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Originally posted by max View PostPresumably there were looking at the annual gain, which is up.
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Originally posted by max View PostPresumably there were looking at the annual gain, which is up.
Annual says yes. Spot change (which is reality) says no.
Annual means tulip. If I can get a house tommorrow for less than I could today they are falling.
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostThat really annoys me. I caught the start of the 1pm BBC News yesterday, and one of the headlines was "house prices rising at their slowest rate for a decade".
No they're not. IIRC it was 1.5% down in 3 months, which means 6% per year (or nearly 10% in real terms). And that's with people still buying because they believe the BBC saying prices are still going up.
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Originally posted by Sockpuppet View PostAh...but if you take a historical 12 month view they still rose 3.6% becuase of the gains at the start of the year!
BOOMED!
No they're not. IIRC it was 1.5% down in 3 months, which means 6% per year (or nearly 10% in real terms). And that's with people still buying because they believe the BBC saying prices are still going up.
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Noticed on the news last night they did a comparison of mortgages payments for those that'll be coming off fixed rates soon. For each £100k of a repayment mortgage they said it would cost around 500 quid a month if interest rates are just over 5%.
Makes me grateful the company who's BTLing my current rented accommodation is only charging me 600 quid a month for a 200 grand 4 bed detached house. Even the 2 bed terraced ones in the crap end of town are almost 400 quid a month. Will almost be a shame when I move on and relocate again, though my neighbours probably won't think that.
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