did you stop to take a breath!, hope you feel better having got that lot of your chest, it seems like a personal tome (must be hurting somewhere!).

Joking aside it is a good blog and I would agree with most of what you say certainly about the media and politicians etal. I”ve always been of the opinion that we ( inc. meadia etc) tend to talk ouselves into a deeper recession than would otherwise actually be the case.

The last downturn being a case in point when all the harbingers of doom and gloom were suprised at the speed of the recovery (or did they really know something we didn’t). Unfortunately a little too late for those that had listened to them jumped on the doom & gloom train and already commited financial suicide i.e. selling their property etc. and then watched the values promptly bounce right back with a vengance.

However that apart the price of any property whether in a rising or falling market is governed by what a buyer is prepared to pay and the seller is happy to receive given their respective agendas or needs. The law of economics -supply v demand- overiding all but we must remember what you apear to sell cheaply can also be bought cheaply and that property purchase is for most of us for the long term and lifestyle.

So my advice to all those cought in the present log-jam unable to sell their property don’t be afraid of the future, good times will be back and if a prospective buyer appears over the horizon be not of faint heart and enter into meaningfull negotiating with them but be reallistic.

Just a final note Debs I’m not to sure about your stats in para 5 , think I need to give closer analysis of your interpretation of the percentages , but once again congrat’s on a good blog.

Paul W.