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It's not exactly for that reason that I've posted my last time on there and signed up here yesterday, but it's shallow enough to suffice for now.

 

Going on from Goldfinger's point; I emailed Fionaulla a few months ago and suggested that she either knew at the time that the prediction she gave previously was incorrect (using the simple straight ruler method of forecasting) and was therefore a knave OR she wasn't very good at her job. No reply of course, but I felt better for it nonetheless.

 

First post. Treat me gently chaps. Is there an initiation ceremony I have to go through or what? I have a note from Mummy Paddles about allergies and a weak chest, if so...

 

Another HPCer converts to the dark side. Good luck with the travelling and blog.

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This doesn't sound good for house prices or commercial real estate prices, or much else in the UK !

 

One in 10 shops will stand empty

27 Dec 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbys...tand-empty.html

 

I think seeing all those empty shops will truly demoralise potential home buyers.

 

Remember, it took years of overspending to create the UK's massive home bubble.

(And years of all those absurd property porn shows working on people's psyches.)

It will take years of rebuilding savings to repair those excesses.

 

Mr. Brown will have a long, long time "in the wilderness" before he is forgiven his many financial sins.

 

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"First post. Treat me gently chaps. Is there an initiation ceremony I have to go through or what?

I have a note from Mummy Paddles about allergies and a weak chest, if so..."

 

LOL.

I think you will find GEI to be a less frenetic and more gentlemanly place than some others

 

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The predictions for the UK housing market are getting more realistic recently. The newspapers have become lagging indicators to what is actually going on. Also, where did these fools arrive at 46%? Another figure plucked out of their backsides. Pluto's trough now revised from 50% to 70%.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/money/mortgag...et-1213432.html

 

But how low could prices sink? It is from the City that the best answer may come. "The median prediction among traders is that from peak to trough we will see house prices fall 46 per cent. The height was reached in the third quarter 2007 when average UK house prices were around the £200,000 mark by 2010/2011. This is predicted to be £109,000," said Peter Sceats, director of real estate derivative broker Tradition Property.

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sensible lending returning

 

oh dear what are those recent BMV idiots going to do now

 

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/inv...icle5403182.ece

 

Abbey also said landlords who want it to take account of buy-to-let income on residential-mortgage applications will have to prove rent covers 125% of repayments with the interest rate pegged at 7% — rather than the rate actually paid.

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Melanie Bien, of Savills Private Finance, the broker, said: “Abbey is sending out a clear message that landlords are no longer welcome. By refusing to offer any new or remortgage buy-to-let deals, and implementing draconian rental covenants for those taking out a residential mortgage who have buy-to-lets in the background, it is making itself very unattractive to anyone with buy-to-let property.”

 

HBOS-owned BM Solutions, the biggest buy-to-lender after Bradford & Bingley (B&B) retreated from the market before collapsing in October, demands a deposit of 40% on its best deals.

 

In 2007, HBOS was offering deals to landlords with deposits of just 15% — while B&B-owned Mortgage Express was offering deals at 90% of the value of the property.

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But how low could prices sink? It is from the City that the best answer may come. "The median prediction among traders is that from peak to trough we will see house prices fall 46 per cent. The height was reached in the third quarter 2007 when average UK house prices were around the £200,000 mark by 2010/2011. This is predicted to be £109,000," said Peter Sceats, director of real estate derivative broker Tradition Property.

 

That is supposed to be meaningful? What were they predicting 6 months ago? A year ago?

 

My own forecast of 35-50% drop, with a low in 2010-13, I havent changed in 2-3 years.

Even 4-5 years ago, I was talking about a 2008-2010 low.

 

The press should be a bit more informative and talk about the track record and consistency of the forecasters.

Forecasts from once-bullish clowns should be rubbished for the nonsense they are, as you have done!

 

This was interesting:

“Abbey is sending out a clear message that landlords are no longer welcome. By refusing to offer any new or remortgage buy-to-let deals, and implementing draconian rental covenants for those taking out a residential mortgage who have buy-to-lets in the background, it is making itself very unattractive to anyone with buy-to-let property.”

 

BTL investment will be completely despised (and so will the queens of property porn) by the time we see the low.

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HEW figures were released today. Another £5.7bn removed from the economy

 

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7802819.stm

 

"Not so long ago, an Englishman's house wasn't just his castle, it was his cash machine, too. This, very clearly, is no longer the case," said Andrew Montlake, partner at independent mortgage broker Cobalt Capital.

 

I will copy this to the Retail thread. Explains alot!

 

GOM, fight the battle, but dont abandon us, eh?

 

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The predictions for the UK housing market are getting more realistic recently. The newspapers have become lagging indicators to what is actually going on. Also, where did these fools arrive at 46%? Another figure plucked out of their backsides. Pluto's trough now revised from 50% to 70%.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/money/mortgag...et-1213432.html

 

But how low could prices sink? It is from the City that the best answer may come. "The median prediction among traders is that from peak to trough we will see house prices fall 46 per cent. The height was reached in the third quarter 2007 when average UK house prices were around the £200,000 mark by 2010/2011. This is predicted to be £109,000," said Peter Sceats, director of real estate derivative broker Tradition Property.

 

when I said that the worst drops in the UK would be 90% I was laughed at. This would be new builds in the sh1tiest areas obviously.

My minimum drops have always been 50%. Inflation adjusted will be difficult though won't it, without wage inflation & then with the old hyper doofer for basic living costs. :blink::lol: Houses could drop more than 100% in real terms. ;) Surely though, IR's have to go up in the medium term ??

 

ps - like the new avatar. You can tell a lot by a choice of a posters avatar imo.

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Yes, without over 50% drop, unlikely to call a bottom - unless high or hyper-inflation, then the % must be inflation adjusted. Personally, am looking at c. 70% drop in 2012-2014.

 

Know for a fact of a small local area in Manchester, 3 miles from city centre - properties there went from the 10K range to the 100K range within 5-7 years, its unbelievable return. When I first visted in 2002, I could not believe there was a proper 2 bed terraced house in UK worth under 15K, let alone in Manchester, while my friend was thinking of buying a similar house in London for 150K. These type of properties then increased to over 90K in the peak of 2007. The % return is unbelievable and far more than the average house price. The bubble is just way too big and it will collapse big time. I know there are BTL investors, one owns 60 of those in just that area and another 30. The one who owns 30 properties only started in 04/05. The area is one of the poorest in the country and surely demand was artificially generated given the number of properties these investors hold. I think this area will fall back to near the 15K range and might never rise to the levels seen in this cycle again until the memory is erased with generations passed - comparison to Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong - for those who know about Hong Kong!

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HEW figures were released today. Another £5.7bn removed from the economy

 

hew.gif

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7802819.stm

 

"Not so long ago, an Englishman's house wasn't just his castle, it was his cash machine, too. This, very clearly, is no longer the case," said Andrew Montlake, partner at independent mortgage broker Cobalt Capital.

oh dear the illusion of wealth brought about by the increase in debt is really being shattered

 

what you gonna do now Gordon - to keep people spending money they havent got - oh i know you can get the government to spend future tax payers money

 

all those malinvestments (factories, car dealerships, bathroom and kitchen accessory showrooms, mortgage brokers etc.) now need to be written off - the demand was there only because of the easy access to credit - the demand wasnt real.

 

Savings need to be built up and balance sheets repaired (Governments, Individuals and Companies). Unfortunately, this is a painful process and our leaders have chosen the path of less pain now (inflation and more debt) - more pain later

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http://www.landreg.gov.uk/assets/library/d...ents/221282.pdf

 

Land Registry speeding up nicely and they don't count reposessions or any sale that looks a bit cheap*.

 

 

 

 

* made that last bit up, but the list of exclusions is longer than Anatole Kaletsky's reasons why no-one could see this coming....

 

actually Paddles, I thought that the LR had admitted that they didn't include repo's or auction property in their data, iirc ?? <_<

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actually Paddles, I thought that the LR had admitted that they didn't include repo's or auction property in their data, iirc ?? <_<

 

Correct. There was a bit of a kerfuffle in the press about it last month, but it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone as the exclusions are stated on the website. I hesitated and nearly wrote "clearly stated" but that would have been inaccurate; the language used is obtuse to say the least.

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Looking back over at HPC for the LR predictions thread:

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/ind...showtopic=63430

we had:

 

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- 8.6 Financial Planner

- 8.7 bugged bunny

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- 8.9 annylou

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-14.2 chris c-t <<<<<<<<<< Looking good if it's for the whole of 2008, (hehehe) !!!!

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http://www.landreg.gov.uk/assets/library/d...ents/221282.pdf

 

Land Registry speeding up nicely and they don't count reposessions or any sale that looks a bit cheap*.

 

 

 

 

 

* made that last bit up, but the list of exclusions is longer than Anatole Kaletsky's reasons why no-one could see this coming....

:lol: Keep it coming, and: welcome to GEI.

 

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shocking news cars lose money

 

more bailouts needed

 

this debt/consumption based economy is just great

 

Negative Equity for car owners

Edmund King, president of the AA motoring group, said: 'This is shocking news. Many people will suffer.'

 

He said negative equity on car finance deals would have a knock-on effect for new buyers.

 

Mr King said: 'Those who have had their fingers burned will not have any incentive to buy another new car under this type of deal.'

 

An Auto Express spokesman said:'The slump in values means drivers who bought their cars on PCP are left with a final payment that's more than the vehicle is worth. It leaves drivers out of pocket.'

 

Motorists generally are caught in a vicious spiral. The credit crunch and recession has led to a slump in car sales.

 

This in turn has hit the resale values of cars when drivers come to resell or trade in.

 

So while it means price-bargains for buyers, those trying to sell or trade in their cars find their vehicles worth thousands of pounds less than they had hoped.

 

Sales of new cars slumped by a massive 37 per cent in November - the worst fall for more than 28 years - as cash-strapped customers shun showrooms amid the financial meltdown.

 

And December's figures are set to add to the gloom as the car industry goes into meltdown.

 

Amid the carnage, makers of luxury and sports cars, large 4X4s and 'gas-guzzlers' are bearing the brunt of the crash, with sales drops far in excess of that average.

 

Private buyers in particular have deserted the market, with sales to individual consumers down by nearly half (45.1per cent).

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Mortagage Approvals

 

Forward indicator suggests UK house prices to be nearly -30% year on year

 

didn't spline used to do this analysis before he got fed up with the mods at hpc

 

I believe spline is behind this website: http://www.houseprices.uk.net/

 

Prediction stuff here (check out figure 3!): http://www.houseprices.uk.net/articles/hou...rice_predictor/

 

Website also provides the graph on ghpc -> http://www.globalhousepricecrash.com/ghpc_site/graphs.html

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