Busting The Great Myth of House Price Growth
Author: michael fickling
13th April 2017, 9 years ago | 27
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It is fundamentally wrong for any government to effectively grab anyones property against their wishes and pass it on to someone else.. Thats the basic point here. There are of course many other problems with this proposal.. like the fact...
Read More →9th June 2017, 9 years ago
We should take the hung parliament as a positive.... from the result.. May and her cronies have alienated a lot of traditional tory voters ( including hundreds of thousands of landlords )...they have had numerous u- turns and silly socialist...
Read More →27th April 2017, 9 years ago
The problem with any one sided "list" such as the one the Mayor is creating is it will have the effect of painting a bad picture of landlords and cant show anything negative on any of the hundreds of thousands...
Read More →26th April 2017, 9 years ago
REPLY ON MYTH OF HOUSE PRICES SOARING ETC..UPDATE REPLY I RECEIVED.. FROM O>N>S The office of National Stats. have replied to my comments as outlined in the lead article i put together above. Not the easiest reply to understand or...
Read More →Reply to comment left by John Frith at 21/04/2017 - 17:49
Reply to the comment left by "John Frith" at "21/04/2017 - 17:49": Your point about the achievement of CAPITAL appreciation by leverage is well made. ie organic growth on domestic dwellings is actually tiny..and it is generally only via leverage...
Read More →19th April 2017, 9 years ago
The point was to get this lot to change the policy ie Cl 24.. Their policy.Not to swap them for a different party.......and to do so by amongst other things ..telling them that we would not vote for them...and that...
Read More →17th April 2017, 9 years ago
REPLY to Mike Barnes....Mike in just about all my posts I have taken care regarding London...and described London as an exception . In fact i have several times highlighted it as distorting the national figures.... all my references to house...
Read More →16th April 2017, 9 years ago
Ref Mike Barnes calculations....the figs youve actually come up with mike..very low single digit %s...per anum actually endorse my point that true house price growth is very low typically per anum.. I think you are right....it is a tiny amount...
Read More →Reply to comment left by John Frith at 14/04/2017 - 16:10
Reply to the comment left by "John Frith" at "14/04/2017 - 16:10": If you believe 30 year old homes have generally only had very light dressing I think you will be in a minority there. . Years back many were...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr Rosalind Beck at 13/04/2017 - 18:22
Reply to the comment left by "Dr Rosalind Beck" at "13/04/2017 - 18:22": Thanks Ros. Another problem i believe is the incorrect reading of the commonly produced house price % CHANGE charts of O.N.S and Halifax and Nationwide. All three...
Read More →13th April 2017, 9 years ago
I agree Mark..Ive spent time in both Australia and New Zealand. Both countries also have a lot of small "mum and dad" property investors..especially Australia..where its somewhat of a national passion...and generally they just dont see real estate investment as...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Michael Barnes at 10/04/2017 - 21:02
Reply to the comment left by "Michael Barnes" at "10/04/2017 - 21:02": VERY IMPORTANT POINT>>REF GOV > CLAIM ON NUMBERS.s LANDLORDS EFFECTED BY CL 24>>>>. are based on Tax returns. Actually it seems impossible to acheive that..from HMRC returns ??...
Read More →10th April 2017, 9 years ago
The governments responders might need to be reminded ..yet again that we pay capital gains tax..private home owning occupiers do not..therefore comparing the two is ridiculous....as they do..without taking that into account. Also on the nonsense theyve touted about buy...
Read More →29th March 2017, 9 years ago
Smaller sized rental units are an inevitable consequence of Clause 24..principally because those who remain in or enter the private rental sector and use finance.. as landlords.. will have to look at sub dividing existing properties and creating either bedsits...
Read More →15th March 2017, 9 years ago
In fact Cl 24 as an "income tax" will quite effectively actually REDUCE revenue whilst upsetting both private landlords and their tenants and families.It is aimed at driving out private leveraged landlords over several years.Market replacement will be by corporates...
Read More →10th March 2017, 9 years ago
Well done for getting the admin fee back.I really wonder whether the charging of such fees ..admin etc .and" late" fees etc is legal anyway in some instances... Ive had acouple of run ins with building managers in a similar...
Read More →8th March 2017, 9 years ago
REPLY TO MIKE BARNES Mike youve misunderstood my point. I was saying that the whole scenario was originated by one original amount of money saved from salary or elsewhere..and invested...in a BTL property...thats why i used the word...." origin"..and went...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Whiteskifreak Surrey at 06/03/2017 - 12:22
Reply to the comment left by "Whiteskifreak Surrey" at "06/03/2017 - 12:22": ...Parasites and Hosts..???? In fact most private landlords begin by using their own money..ie a salary to provide the initial finance deposit and costs of a rental....whether buying...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Price at 03/03/2017 - 10:30
Reply to the comment left by "David Price" at "03/03/2017 - 10:30": Perhaps we shouldnt be too surprised at this continuing nonsense...considering.. . We have a recent new tax regime in the form of clause 24...which imposes income tax...on a...
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