From: "Sam Smith" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: House Buying Myths
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 15:47:34 +0100

"Jeremy Sanders"  wrote in message 
news:e5hakq$gek$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk...

> But over what time scale? Look at Tokyo property prices:
> http://www.stepon.co.jp/ir/ar/ar2003/5e.pdf
> Decreasing prices for over 10 years. It's going to take a lot of increase 
> to
> get back to what a saving account would have gained in that time.
>

Eh? What has that to do with the UK property market? Look if you don't want 
to invest in property then fine but I have constantly found they offer far 
better returns than saving accounts over a 10 year period or more. Yes they 
are at a peak right now but you have to look long term and what has Tokyo 
got to do with anything?

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Sam