Bobbie Bobster Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) . Edited March 18, 2017 by Bobbie Bobster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Do we have to have every thread descend into a load of handbags slinging infantile rubbish? Sure it's getting worse. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 No, first, you have to call someone a Nazi and bring Hitler into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Sure to be sure i'm doing my bit so i am to be sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Sure to be sure i'm doing my bit so i am to be sure You're just stirring it. Like the bloke in the silent films who starts a mass brawl in the street then walks away from the mayhem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 On the contrary woolley. I'm just trying to maintain some sense of equilibrium on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Oh right. Well that's certainly what it needs. Try harder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 It's a thankless task though. The mods never mentioned that when they headhunted me from manx voices informed choices with a 3 year contract to post exclusively on here. Still, there's a few more subscribers recently, helps pay the bills i suppose 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Coops Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 This sort of Manx Radio reporting worries me. No research, just taking an estate agents word for it...an estate agent! next to MHKs or journalists lol http://147-5433bc3297b05.radiocms.com/news/isle-of-man-news/housing-market-on-the-up/ Of course he's going to say such things after the official census figures show we are depopulating. That means too many houses for not enough people. Result price will remain soft for some time to come. Surely this kind of story needs balance? I do wonder why they seem to operate a 'cut and paste' newsroom! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 The housing market has improved a lot though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 The housing market has improved a lot though. I'm afraid you are seeing things through your IOM Government Malarkey tinted spectacles. The housing market is depressed, prices are still falling. Flats and houses to let are proving to be hard to let as a result of the falling population. I would love to know where the housing market has improved? Possibly first time buyers, as falling prices meaning first time buyers being able to afford. The Estate Agents will tell people what they want to hear, and will portray the island as booming, whilst it clearly isn't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Not so sure that it isn't moving again. I have sold my house after 9 months on the market and had two viewers on one day when it sold. Not back to earlier activity, but it is improving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) The housing market has improved a lot though.I'm afraid you are seeing things through your IOM Government Malarkey tinted spectacles. The housing market is depressed, prices are still falling. Flats and houses to let are proving to be hard to let as a result of the falling population. I would love to know where the housing market has improved? Possibly first time buyers, as falling prices meaning first time buyers being able to afford. The Estate Agents will tell people what they want to hear, and will portray the island as booming, whilst it clearly isn't.I disagree. From my own experience I can tell you we just got near full asking price, a couple of offers and well in to double figure viewings (I think it has been particularly busy since the turn of the year). Our buyer sold his house in two days to an investor. The house we are buying was on four days and we agreed at 4% below asking price. Investors are scooping up a lot of lower ticket stuff and whilst there is value to be had I've been dealing with at least four estate agents and they said it was as busy sales wise as it has been in a long time. Desperate for listings. The rental market us exactly as it always is. You ask a sensible rent you have a queue of tenants. First time buyers and lower end (who buy off what we're first time buyers) fuel any property market. It's actually very simple. Movement at the bottom means it filters up the market. Edited March 18, 2017 by notwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Not above the second rung though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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