Spring Carnival. As always a great deal of money is changing hands – including some at those places where horses are raced. And, as always, before reaching for your cheque book it is prudent to refer to some of the world’s pre-eminent authorities on daylight robbery. The Marx Brothers: Punters, bookies, jockeys and horses. One […]
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The streets are alive with the sounds of estate agents murdering Happy Days Are Here Again. Just listen to the din. Everything is up, up, up. (And already there’s talk that it’s all happening too fast and can’t last.) Meanwhile, the top end is as usual singing its own song. Or songs. There are vendors
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There has been little worthy of report happening at the top end; so we won’t waste your time. Things are looking like they’ll be more interesting over the next week. We’ll be back then.
It’s on. The estate agents of the land are out practising their duck calls. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeWMHqyEbek&w=320&h=240] Ducks? Wood ducks. The industry’s term for buyers who can be bagged without a shot being fired. Today’s calls sound just like: “The boom is back! Buy now before prices rise above ceilings!” And, yes, there have been sales over