MichaelDes
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"Past performance is no guide to the future" and after the longest and most extreme period of house price inflation this country has ever seen i think that statement is very important. To see where we COULD be headed you need to take at the previous property bubbles in Japan and the UK and just at Ireland.
Look at the malaise on the markets today, again. This bloodbath is not for stopping. The credit being pushed out of the markets, combined with inflation and recession in UK and USA is affect the s/markets big time which react fastest, this will soon spread to all other asset based classes.
As property is an asset class built on the same foundation of insane credit, in the next couple of years you can kiss goodbye to a considerable amount of value. Compared to average salaries and affordability outside 100% mortgages or interest only, a lot of people won't have the same feel good factor, or it'll be the opposite which is very bad. This hubris of capitalism on steroids has to come to an end, it had to eventually. See you on the upcycle, whenever that kicks in!!?