From: "Tumbleweed" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Ping 'biggirlsblouse'
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:54:19 +0100


"Dave F."  wrote in message 
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> Tumbleweed wrote:
>>   wrote in message 
>> news:Eb80h.38279$Or2.22995@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net...
>>> "Tumbleweed"  wrote in message 
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>>>> "biggirlsblouse"  wrote in message 
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>>>>> "Tumbleweed"  wrote in message 
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>>>>>> Are you still reading this group?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Tumbleweed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> email replies not necessary but to contact use;
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>>>>> Yes...but ime busy trying to buy a new car at the minute..so Ime not 
>>>>> as attentive as I should be... anything I shuld have been paying 
>>>>> attention to?
>>>>
>>>> Yes,we were discussing selling houses and how difficult you found it, 
>>>> (therefore house price crash on way). You may recall I was going to be 
>>>> selling one....looking good at the mo....touches wood.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Tumbleweed
>>>>
>>> Thats Reading for you!
>>> Houses here are selling better.... but there are still more sellers than 
>>> buyers. Every 8 weeks I go to my local estate agency to get them to give 
>>> me an assessment of the market..not letting them know if I am a buyer or 
>>> a seller....and last I was asking it is still a sellers market. There is 
>>> apparently always a rush in october and march..and now the october one 
>>> is coming to an end it will be interesting to see what happens to the 
>>> market over winter. Also the recent rise  in interest rates might 
>>> suppress borrowing.. and there is another rise due.
>>
>> South coast, not Reading. I am told that Oct-Dec is a peak time, not just 
>> Oct.
>>
>
> & there's me thinking spring time was the "rush" for market transactions. 
> (or was that just for Hitler?)

I think thats the other peak time. Apparently everyone wants to get moved in 
by Xmas, or move in the spring. Not interested in Jan-Mar and July-Sep 
apparently.

> On silly me.
>
> Tumbleweed, just because one person may have trouble selling, it doesn't 
> mean the market bottom fell out. Lots of reasons: I believe three maybe 
> location, location & location. (& I'm not just talking about the area of 
> the town).
>
I realise that, it was "biggirlsblouse" who equated his failure to sell into 
a general market crash being imminent or indeed happening IIRC. Hence me 
saying I'd report back when we tried to sell this house. Of course, it aint 
over yet, the fat lady is just clearing her throat at the moment.

-- 
Tumbleweed

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