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soul* ..... when you last went into WHS, were you impressed by the set-up, merchandise, staff etc etc? ...... the advantage of retailers is that youi can actually see for yourself what you are (might be) buying in to ...... analogously, that is why i am happy to buy the likes of RTN and DOM, but avoid FSH and Pizza Express

soul, apn released the kind of trading update you normally like.

as for house prices, there is no reason for them to drop when demand is still very strong.

nor, bosley, is there good reason why they should continue to rise indefinitely ..... house prices must surely be now seriously overblown, which is not to say a crash is inevitable, but merely that prices could easily soften or even weaken in the comparatively near future ..... the imminent rate rise is certianly going to affect many potential buyers and in particular, those who have borrowed for property to let

an aside ..... i find it wrily amusing that certain stock threads receive heavy attention for while, usually when sp is rising, but as soon as sp weakens and questions are asked, one is either ignored or accused of deramping

cynic, we bought our house 4 years ago and the same arguements were around then. i'm not saying things will continue in the same vein, i just don't see a crash as long as demand is still there.

Buy land. God isn't making any more.

that much is true, but Number One Son is in the biz and i listen to what he has to say, as well as making the more obvious observations as above.

Me too, cynic, old bean.
Like the price of Pork Bellies, the short term could provide anything, but who would invest in the most illiquid of any assets for the short term???
Longer term;
The population rises, both home grown and through immigration. Therefore demand rises. Home ownership is the number one aspirational purchase in the UK. Availability of social housing decreases constantly. New stock on the market includes a new-build premium of at least 10%, forcing prices up. Supply is more difficult than usual as planning issues restrict development.
The doom merchants, and even those forecasting a soft landing base the forecast on short term economics, especially BofE and swap rates. Those who are actually supplying the money for the long term are offering lower rates for longer fixes. They think that this year will see the high water mark for rates, followed by a lowering to last years levels in the couple of years after.
Finally, we are seeing the first generation of 30 and 40 somethings benefitting from deceased parents leaving huge amounts of property value to smaller families than ever before. They are spending it on either their own dream property, or in helping their children to buy property. These all force prices up.
Medium and long term buy.
Alan

Alan .... history says you are right, though history is also known to be bunkum! ..... actually i agree with you and, even if prop prices do stagnate or even fall, it will not actually affect me to any great degree.

Alan- it is the lending of long term money at fixed rates which causes me some unease. Not sure how these lenders match their books, but if borrowing short and lending long it will sooner or later end in disaster.The vast (and rapidly growing) amounts showing in bank balance sheets under derivative contracts and the like suggest to me that one day this particular merry go round will come to a shuddering halt. There may well still be a surplus of demand for property over supply, but if the lending taps have to be turned off to protect the lenders balance sheets then short term could get very nasty.

Lending is global nowadays. LIBOR & BofE are benchmarks, not the cost of the money to the lenders. The money costs to them are the mean average of all deposits and borrowings and earnings, and while this may include high rate loans from other banks and huge costly deposits from arab sheiks, it also includes the Billions in orphaned accounts and the huge bank charges for overdrafts and bounced cheques.
Further, the high street is under constant market pressure to compete by the non traditional lenders, who simply lend out 10million at 6% then flog the loans as a bond. The lender makes his money not from interest, but from charges and penalties, so it is in their interest to keep new business coming in.
The globalization means that the bonds will always prove attractive somewhere in the world, and that any borrowing the lenders must do to balance the books, is available cheaper somewhere. They simply hedge the currency risks through bonds and equities.
Complicated, but it works and shows no sign of coming derailed.
Alan

Cynic, I'd be the first to agree that a trip into WHSmith is hardly the acme of consumer apsirations. However, I think that on the basis of recent SP growth and encouraging results the stock could be worth a small punt, which is what I've done, using my credit margin and a T+20.

Either it'll work or it won't!

Bosley, thanks for the tip, will look into it when I get a chance.

Thanks Alan for your input, beginning to make more sense to me.

And funnily enough, the news is headlined "the end of fixed rate mortgages".
The story is actually that some lenders have withdrawn some of their fixed rate products pending the BofE decision.
The truth, for anyone who knows, is that most lenders put their fixed products on withdrawal watch if they expect a rate change, up or down, and then relaunch the same products after the decision, at adjusted rates.
Not really the same thing as an end to fixed rates, is it??
Still the media love a good panic.

Don't bank on the young inhereting any money. If parents go into Old Peoples Homes they and the government are getting it all. 600+ a week. The way round it, if the parents are into it, is to pass it on more than 7 months before they go in a home. I'm not holding my breath on this one, nor on SEO even though I have a few shares.

Very good news for RETV could be the next QXL very small M/Cap for a company with a JV with a Home Shopping Channel with out risk.

24/04/2007 Launch of 'Showcase TV' a New 24 Hour UK Home Shopping Channel

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just bought a few YOU yougov as the results look impressive and also some EBP which also looks promising--anyone noticed these? I like TOL figures too but no money left unless the sola boat comes in!!

Morning peeps!

Seen Southampton Leisure (i.e. the football club)? (EPIC: SOO) Up 34% on Friday, news of a bid approach.

Potential bid value, 50 mil; current mkt cap 18 mil. Could well be worth a punt.

Chart breakout at RGM

Anyone into BTR Blue Star mobile? strong director buying and results due soon tempted me to buy some---it looks a tasty growth share to me.