jayes

I see the newsagent around the corner from Westminster now has a sign on its door saying "only 2 MP's allowed in at once".

An accredited source.....like what for example?

It's just one source saying a 0.9% bounce. Another gives a 1.9% fall from the previous month (See BBC web this morning). We're nowhere near a houseprice recovery...sure, there are still some people buying, thinking they're getting a good deal now...in 6 months time prices will have dropped a further 8-10% and will still have scope for futher falls.

Hale and Pace

There's a couple of good holes, but I was really dissapointed with this course. Only lived in the area for a couple of years and not really had a chance to explore other local courses yet. Is there any within say 5 miles which are good? Don;t really mind paying dollar as long as the course is interesting and reasonably challenging.

People give charity in different ways..."real charity is private"....what a load of cobblers. If charity was not "public" there would be far less good work done in this world. If persons choose to raise money by acting a t1t and through media then so be it. The Marathon is a road race but is in effect, a very public display of charity giving, by hundreds of thousands of people....there are thousands of these type of events each year and long may it continue. personally I don't really like Comic relief and choose to give through DD's each month, but I wouldn't begrudge anyone who is involved or gives to the cause.....so yes sorry I think you are a curmudgeon :(

One "bet" for me today. Kasbah Bliss and Voy por Win Double. GL All.

Yep, fella in work had a tenner each way at 22's....only bets a couple of times a year on Champ Hurdle, GC and Grand National...lucky bugger.

Red Devil going very well. Well done and good luck for the remainder.. Let us know Tomorrows special at about the same time please;-)

I'm with Foolish Fairy on this one....absolutely disgusting behaviour. I'm not a huge fan of Mandelson but what a moronic way to protest on climate control. I don't know with which offence she has been charged, but I hope she is given a custodial sentence.

Wearing Lynx is almost as bad as a girl wearing Impulse....it does not smell quite as cheap as Impulse but with both you can still tast them in the back of your throat. awful stuff.

If you were to gouge the attacking dogs eyes this would release the animal. It is also very sensitive on it's nose so a swift clout on the end of the nose is a good way to stop a dog too.

Never stated I would be moving out of the area, just know through my work that there are a considerable number of crimes in the area which are not reported. So not really an anecdotal theory post and not one that should be answered in such a trivial, dismissisve, manner.. As a poster pointed out there were 7 significant crimes last month and the area is "Average" in London...not a particuarly good record, but not one that surprises me when you see the kind of oics that seem to be more and more prevalent.

There has been quite a number of shootings in East Dulwich recently, many are never reported in the press. Not sure what the official figures are for stabbings and shotings in the area but I suspect SE22 is pretty high up the list.

So the point is to find out if anyone has been chatted up by someone with a local business, and to warn them because they are carrying a very serious STD...... This was not a good thread to start.

No, not exclusively London, although a large portion of those being reported are job losses in the city.

I sold at the start of the year and in rented accomodation at the moment. I'm waiting for prices to fall a further 25%-30% before I start to look around. I would expect this to be about this time next year. Makes me laugh to see the estate agents still grimly holding onto 2 up 2 down Victoria stock in East Dulwich that they're trying to shift at ?400,000 plus. These are still overvalued by 25% at least. They may catch the odd unsuspecting punter with a sale every so often but not enough to keep the shiny coffee shop/estate agents open..... There are thousands of jobs being lost each day and many renewed contratcs being offered are for a significant amount less than the employee was on previously. Banks wont lend as much, mortgage market is up the spout and as a free market there is not alot the Govt is able to do to get itself out of this mess. We may have some short term solutions but these are diversionary tatics and this all has to be paid for at sometime. Personally I'm delighted, I hope the market crashes a further 50%. The Govt, the banks, the media and estate agents suckered so many people into paying inflated sums for properties and now I'm hoping they get their comeuppance and the market can return to something sustainable.

I don't recall what Alan Dale had written and would be interested Huguenot. Please post.

A very prominent mortgage broker was telling me at the weekend that he has numerous NR clients saying they are not being offered a replacement mortgage at all....at the same time NR are contacting him telling him they are accepting NEW clients, no income details required at all, just as long as the client has a 30% deposit.

I'm afraid the supply and demand model will not prevent house prices in London by falling a further 20% at least. There are so many other factors now as to why a two bedroom Victorian terrace in ED will no longer achieve ?400,000 plus. Banks and Mortage companies will no longer allow irresponsible borrowing which has been seen over the past ten years without a significant LTV ratio. There are many many jobs being lost each day, bonuses will be significantly down this year and 2010 will have significantly lower on top of that. Salaries are being restricted, money is tight and the recession that we are now heading into will not unfold and reach out to all the other businesses for a period of time yet.... I wonder if Gordon commented on sustaining a property market where the average wage is ?30k odd in London and the average house price is ?300k (10x average earnings).

180,000 jobs will go over the next 12 months in the City alone...there has already been significant redundancies at our company which have not been made public. There are many other financial insititutions/asset managers whom have already begun the slashing of overheads. This in turn will have a significant effect on the "localised economies", many people will be unable to afford to keep up their mortgage payments and there will be significant further drops in the market as more properties are brought onto the playing field and the competition improves. My partner and I sold our place at the start of the year and are sitting on cash. I have to say that I can not understand why anyone would be buying in the present climate. We still have no idea what exactly will happen with all this fallout rom the global turmoil, but it is safe to say that there will be no improvement in the housing market in ED (which is already way way overpriced) in the near future. The only way is down and I predict it will continue for the next 18 months at least.