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Previously on "V shaped recovery underway"

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  • Menelaus
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    Originally posted by ASB View Post
    Wonder what the graph would look like were it seasonally adjusted though.

    A mate who is an estate agent is a lot busier than they were, but still having difficulty in actually doing any transactions.
    still uber-tight mortgage lending, meaning that first-time buyers are still being kept off the ladder.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by Shimano105 View Post
    bedsits-over-kebab-shops
    I'll make money out of anything

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  • Shimano105
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Even by my tight standards, there are some properties coming on now (probably distress sales) that look good value.
    In case this is really a sustainable V-shaped recovery (unlikely but possible), I wouldn't want to miss out, so probably will hedge by buying one flat now and keeping the rest of my powder dry till later.
    bedsits-over-kebab-shops
    Last edited by Shimano105; 29 May 2009, 09:50. Reason: why not?

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Did you not scoff at me last week for buying a house?
    Yes you were BORROWING money to buy a house with DODGY documentation.
    I am doing neither.

    hth

    ps Tell me you're not going through with that?

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  • DimPrawn
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    I'm only buying at a big discount. No discount, no sale.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    I'm currently looking to dip a toe back in to the property market - not sure its completely bottomed out though.
    Looking for a couple of flats to buy in a decentish central area of London south of the river.
    Did you not scoff at me last week for buying a house?

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  • BlasterBates
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    ...an alternative is the stock market, particularly Asia. Japanese manufacturing jumped 5% last month, if that isn't a positive indicator I don't know what is. As one commentator pointed out, this isn't a green shoot it's a tree.

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  • sasguru
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    Even by my tight standards, there are some properties coming on now (probably distress sales) that look good value.
    In case this is really a sustainable V-shaped recovery (unlikely but possible), I wouldn't want to miss out, so probably will hedge by buying one flat now and keeping the rest of my powder dry till later.
    Last edited by sasguru; 29 May 2009, 08:59.

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
    I know, it's worse than SKA news.

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  • oracleslave
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    I'm still looking.

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  • ASB
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    Wonder what the graph would look like were it seasonally adjusted though.

    A mate who is an estate agent is a lot busier than they were, but still having difficulty in actually doing any transactions.

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  • DimPrawn
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    I'm still looking.

    Property coming onto the market seems no cheaper than 2007 and sells within days/weeks.

    I'll guess I'll have to wait until this (bigger) bubble being blown up now pops next year and bankrupts the UK government.

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  • sasguru
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    I'm currently looking to dip a toe back in to the property market - not sure its completely bottomed out though.
    Looking for a couple of flats to buy in a decentish central area of London south of the river.

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  • DimPrawn
    started a topic V shaped recovery underway

    V shaped recovery underway

    http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...s_29_may09.jpg

    Who says you can't inflate a burst credit bubble?



    Boomed!

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