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I don’t believe British accounts can be frozen in BV & GM under the money laundering rules because all the money comes from a British bank that has already complied with all the money laundering rules. Though I suppose it is possible to freeze the whole of GM & BV while HMG investigate foreign accounts. HMG will be forcing through new rules to make Jersey G20 tax compliant. It is no safer than London http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/ap...-to-end-secrecy

Bullion Vault will charge commission on BUY and SELL. Goldmoney only charge on BUY. Overall, it works out about the same.

I don’t know of any banks that will exchange gold/silver for fiat currencies in the UK. I am told (by older relatives) that gold & silver coins and bars were available up to the 1980s All my gold/silver buying is via bullion dealers / coin shops or Goldmoney & Bullionvault

I've had my comment posted on the Timesonline website! There would be thousands of people living in tent/caravan cities if there was a shortage of property. Everybody is living somewhere; presumably in a property. In any case, there are more than 1 million properties listed as ‘empty’ on the Council Tax register. Where is the shortage? Mr Z Nik, Manchester, UK

Has anyone else bought SHB? I doubled up my position at 280

I’m ‘buying the bounce’. I’ve put a small amount of money on SHB. http://www.shaftesbury.co.uk/about.php

Why do you think the recovery could last up to a year? I think BDEV and TW could have a good recovery for a few months but I cannot see house prices rising for more than 2/3 months in a row. These are my reasons: ** The longest period of rises during the 1990’s was 5 months, Feb - Jun 1992. Falls resumed through Jul and Aug. Sep 1992 was back below the Feb 1992 price ** And RPI was positive throughout this period. This time RPI is close to zero and may even turn negative ** The SA data for the above months shows MoM of +0.3%, -0.9%, +0.3%, -0.0% (Mar-Jun) i.e. there was only 2 months of price rises in this period, they weren’t consecutive ** The MoM price changes have been much larger during this crash. >1% per month is the norm. The rises (shown by Nationwide and Halifax) have also been surprisingly large. ** There’s no dead cat bounce in the USA (yet?) ‘Record low interest rates’ are Gordon Browns proudest achievement. I don’t think the independent BofE will be allowed to raise interest rates. Inflation will cause a large discrepancy between real and nominal house prices.

£400 grand for a 2-up-2-down terrace! Wow, the housing bubble still manages to surprise me. What’s the average salary in ‘Hampton’?

^^ Do we still have the Notable Posts thing? Top post pixel8r

Well done doc. I hope you continue to make handsome profits I don’t have your ability and knowledge (yet?). I will be happy IF I can win once. Right now, I think things are looking very bad for most people. Winning will probably mean losing less than others for me.

Extra mouths to feed Have you considered getting some rabbits?

http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchRe...Gold+and+Silver www.abebooks.co.uk

Who? EDIT: And why?

I saw it too

I beleive you can re-claim your VAT payments if you are a citizen of another country

Ask people what, ”I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of TEN Pounds” means. I found that the majority of people believe they can exchange their fiat for gold at the Bank of England.

What’s the difference between hyperinflation and your hyper-deflation?

2 x 20 grams. I need them to replace some gold jewellery I melted down for cash at Hatton Garden Metals. Hatton Garden Metals are very good btw.

My gold bars arrived from Bairds today. I ordered them on Saturday night I’d never seen a gold bar (in real life) before. I’m really surprised at how small they are; they looked much bigger on the website My entire BV holding is probably smaller than one of them small Ipods. I’m note sure why I am bothering with BV now. I can easily find safe places to keep such small volumes.

There’s an aerosol too! I *NEED* to buy one

Silver is being used in deodorants ! http://www.nivea.co.uk/products/show/26978

Chards have been very competitive with their new silver coin prices recently. Better than CID. They had Brits for £15.30 last time I phoned them.

I've sent the money by BACS already. I'm sure it will be OK

Last time I ordered from CID, the courier left my silver with my neighbour. I don’t want my PMs in my neighbours flats. Not even for a few minutes. If I miss the Bairds delivery, it should go to the Royal Mail sorting office for me to collect. The prices for small bars are smilliar My money is at Nationwide. I think Nationwide can receive fast payments but not send them (yet) All I can do is pay and keep my fingers crossed.

I ordered a couple of small bars from Barids on Saturday night using the website. I’ve got an email from them today. The price has gone up (they haven’t held the Saturday night price). Is this normal? It’s only a few pence, but it’s the principle of the matter. And They want the money within 3 days or they will change the price. How is it possible? BACS is 4 days as standard. I’m at work now and can’t pay within office hours today so I have lost a day already