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  1. #11

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    Last year (so it's not only now ;-)) I could not get out of a taxi that stop in front of my home.
    They were advertising a property in Homatin (Celestial Heights) and they (about 20 of them) literally came in the taxi to give me the fucking brochure....the taxi joked that even Brad Pitt does not get such reception - I gave him a tip for pleasing me (kidding)

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    Quote Originally Posted by jacky_se:
    Dude, if you don't like this thread there are many others...
    That's true, I could also go to the other renting thread you posted a couple of days ago. Not a very independent thinker I guess...

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    1. You should sell if the prices are going to fall.
    2. You should buy if the prices are going to rise.
    3. I think the prices will either rise or fall or a combination of both or they might stay the same.

    Do you want me to start a new thread for each of those answers just to make it a bit clearer?


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    Well it might be because of a new release in the area, or it could be the "Imperial Cullinan" at Olympic station that is just kicking off sales and is being marketed as closely related to the Cullinan at Elements. But I dont think it has anything to do with them thinking that things are just about to go south.

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    Well Brit, you said before you wanted to move to Olympic. Nows your chance to buy a place at launch and get a cheaper price before they release the next batch at higher prices

    But $18k psf is fecking expensive. No way I would consider that.


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    Hoping that gilleshk has finally found other threads and won't come back, I wonder if I can revive the old question. What do people think the problematic economic climate (in particular inflation, a shift towards the China as the world's economic superpower, Greece defaulting, huge debts in USA and Europe, etc.) in the next few years will do to Hong Kong properties?

    In the grand scheme of things, with the US being heavily indebted, Europe being heavily indebted and probably Greece defaulting in a couple of year, economic problems in Europe and USA that don't seem to abate, a slowing economy in China, inflation in a couple of years accompanied with higher interest rates, etc. etc.....

    ... what do you think the price of housing will be like during the next 5 years (if there is no unforseen event, like SARS)? Will it generally go up, or down, or stay more or less the same?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jacky_se:
    Will it generally go up, or down, or stay more or less the same?
    Yes exactly
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    How does one define doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results?


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    Well I've done some careful research and:

    The US economy will collapse because of President Obama but will recover because of the wonderful American people and system (Fox News)

    Europe will collapse because it is run by socialists (Fox News)

    China will collapse because their GDP figures are all false (HKFoot)

    House prices in HK will definitely fall (The Brit)

    Based on the above sources I think house prices will rise.

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    Oh and The Brit, you have been updating us on the CCI for the last couple of weeks but for some reason didn't say anything last week. Why was that?