saxondale Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I have to backtrack and eat some humble pie: I posted my question above before I came upon this. 'Now' is suddenly looking like a very good time for buyers with deposit and mortgage agreed to buy indeed. Quick. i suppose i was just got lucky then (as if) ....... try listening to the guys at the leading edge of these trends for once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Any port in a storm ? Where else to invest money now....there is no attractive looking investment anywhere at the moment. If you have a deposit saved and you do want to buy long term...and you also have a mortgage agreed, this might be your only chance in the next year. It will suit some people, but for most you are right....prices are much more likely to be lower in 6 months time than higher Gold, or even a FTSE 100 tracker would be a better bet in the medium term than housing stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 How much food does the UK import exactly, wasn't the whole point of the CAP to be strategically able to supply our own food if we ever needed to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 So is the end of recession near, House prices were up 2% in Jan, more mortages are being given. Hopefully we are through the worst now?? This is the kind of advice you would take if you were completely stupid, its is patent from these comments that you have no understanding of the cyclical nature of economics - it is not goverened by house prices. The significantly increasing unemployment is more telling than a few houses selling to the minority with cash on the hip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barny_100 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 How much food does the UK import exactly, wasn't the whole point of the CAP to be strategically able to supply our own food if we ever needed to? Nope it was to subsidise French farmers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 i suppose i was just got lucky then (as if) ....... try listening to the guys at the leading edge of these trends for once Opportunism, hypocrisy or trolling [delete as appropriate] really doesn't become you Especially, after all those posts, you have now admitted that you lowered your asking price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 How much food does the UK import exactly, wasn't the whole point of the CAP to be strategically able to supply our own food if we ever needed to? Most of it, the last I recall from a few resonably recent Dispatches/Panorama (although I'll admit I am currently trawling for stats). The CAP is and has always been one giant exercise in "EU subsidies communicating vases". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Vases? It's quite possible to buy british, lots of people make a fuss about it, in which case those farmers at least should be doing well by the weak pound and that will encourage them to increase production. I don't think we're at a point where we couldn't feed ourselves if the need arose, the main problem for uk farmers have been comparatively high prices, that's changed at the moment due to the exchange rate, so in theory our local production will now grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) Vases? I sometimes still translate some expressions literally (English isn't my mother tongue), unaware. Tubes? Conduits? Vessels? <over to you > It's quite possible to buy british, lots of people make a fuss about it, in which case those farmers at least should be doing well by the weak pound and that will encourage them to increase production. I don't think we're at a point where we couldn't feed ourselves if the need arose, the main problem for uk farmers have been comparatively high prices, that's changed at the moment due to the exchange rate, so in theory our local production will now grow. I agree (under reserve where our ability to feed ourselves is concerned, though). What proportion of farmers would require investment to increase production, though, and in what quantity? There has been much noise not so long ago about some farms investing massively in cutting-edge agrarian technology (e.g. that giant greenhouse somewhere down South, mostly automated etc.), but how representative a sample? And would that be a limiting factor, or would we see the agrarian sector to the rescue of the financial sector (as a safest investment bet yet, to spur Gordon's much desired money lending) and, indirectly, service-led UK Plc, in a bout of twisted fate? Edited March 6, 2009 by L00b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjon Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 This is the kind of advice you would take if you were completely stupid, its is patent from these comments that you have no understanding of the cyclical nature of economics - it is not goverened by house prices. The significantly increasing unemployment is more telling than a few houses selling to the minority with cash on the hip All I can see from your post is that infact, you are the stupid one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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