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document.write("<h5>No New Dawn?</h5>");
document.write("I agree, times ahead are very hard indeed. It is not helped however by the very sharp rise in the number of scams being carried out by very large companies on property that has been sold off plan.<br /><br />http://investmentpropertyrumours.blogspot.com. Investment Property Rumours");
document.write("<h5>Crystal Balls</h5>");
document.write("Any attempt to forecast when the markets will turn is pure guesswork. Gentlemen with crystal balls should be very careful when they sit down!. Mister T");
document.write("<h5>He should know about bad debt</h5>");
document.write("They also run DebtBusters and get to see first hand how indebted the general population is.... Ursa");
document.write("<h5>Good article</h5>");
document.write("The author is making sense to me.<br />Add tremendous oversupply of stock in certain areas.We are in for the long haul. Developer");
document.write("<h5>H0nest </h5>");
document.write("Great, an estate agent being realistic and honest... we must be in for capitulation in house prices.. r0nty");
document.write("<h5>property prices</h5>");
document.write("I agree . the main factor in holding prices back will be the need to have a deposit of about 20% before buying a house . this will hold back demand. andy");
document.write("<h5>Rising costs</h5>");
document.write("Good article, I was one that \"had\" to sell as we could no longer afford our home as my husband's business was badly affected by this finacial slump.  What scares me however is your suggestion on raising rental prices so more homes can be bought & sold, what of us that cannot afford a hike in rent, where do we go from here?. Copper");
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