I've just been chatting with a valuer lady from Foxtons, Estate Agents.
December was their their best month in the whole of 2005.
She expects things to be "manic" until July, then slow, then pick up again next year.
I think she's what he'll call a VI.
Was she trying to get you to put your house on the market?
well most people living in the UK live in a different place from Sweden...
Jim.
You got there just ahead of me!
She lives in a distinctly different part of the UK to me.
tim
Hmm, I get a flight time of 2 hours from Sweden...
Jim.
Thats jokes been done before. We have already established that I have a property within one hour of London that I return to some weekends (tomorrow AIH).
tim
So, do you live in France at the weekends?
Bitstring , from the wonderful person "tim (in sweden)" said
if you're expecting a house price crash, then why (have one, I mean)?
You'll be pleased to hear that I am actually homeless sleeping on peoples sofas and such like, such is my belief in a house price crash.
Jim.
(well it might be completely unrelated)
....mostly involving a lack of belief there will be a house price crash?
Does your plan to make money out of a HPC therefore depend not just on a HPC but not paying rent in the indefinite period before one occurs? Presumably you arent paying for your internet access either? Not much of a cunning plan really is it, in spite of having a large stash of money earning interest, you are shamelessly sponging off your friends, who no doubt *are* in their own houses struggling to pay their huge mortgages, and who will be financially seriously damaged, maybe even made homeless, if your prediction comes right?
tim
They aren't actually related, but as I do believe prices are overvalued and can sit here and say I have no home then it's good truthful usenet posturing...
I pay for the ADSL I'm using currently actually...
Just because I pay no rent, doesn't mean I don't pay for services rendered - I'm actually mostly on the road and in hotels rather than peoples couches...
Actually, very few people I crash on have large mortgages... so it'd be okay on that score too
Jim.
*rolls eyes*
Foxtons are renown amongst those who've had dealings with them for being full of shit.
I think you'll find that they've avoided membership of the usual trade associations for a reason.
Daytona
Well she would say that wouldn't she ?
Some people may even be daft enough to believe her ;-)
She would say that, wouldn't she.
There is nevertheless one helluva boom going on in Peter Saxton Land at the moment. We had our house valued by the District Valuer in Nov 2004 at £N. Last week a developer offered us £1.5N. Today Foxtons want to put it on their books at £2.25N.
Where's your graph of property prices going out into orbit? You might need to leave a bit of spare space at the top.
There are rumours that Foxtons belong to a trade association that requires an oath of omerta!!!
OL
definately not.
Involving a couple of missing walls and no time to put them back.
tim
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