thefridge2006 wrote: » Property prices down 0.5% in year to Julyhttps://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/property-prices-down-0-5-in-year-to-july-1.4356260 seems like a drop is happening...... down 1.3% in Dublin. would have been a bigger decrease if it wasn't for the small bit of pent up demand causing mini bidding wars
Mic 1972 wrote: » D7 isn't dropping, i check it daily in the last 2-3 week some very expensive apartments have been added. Asking prices are through the roof in the area
pearcider wrote: » We’ve seen nothing yet. Wait until the banking crisis starts.
Hubertj wrote: » What will cause the banks issues - is it just mortgage arrears? I thought all the rules around capitalization requirements are supposed to somewhat protect against shocks etc?
PropQueries wrote: » London Firms Are Dumping Office Space as Workers Resist Return “More than 1 million square feet (92,900 square meters) has become available for sublet since June, the equivalent of two Gherkin skyscrapers. The trend is so far limited to London: the city’s second-hand space surged by 21% in the period, compared with just a 1% increase for the rest of the U.K.” “Banks including Credit Suisse Group AG, HSBC Holdings Plc and Nomura Holdings Inc. are among those companies currently trying to rent out excess space they no longer need.” Link to article on Bloomberg here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-16/london-firms-are-dumping-office-space-as-workers-resist-return
pearcider wrote: » There are many problems with the system dating back decades but most obviously their loan books are going sour like in any recession. Unfortunately for them, they are already on their knees due to low interest rates since 2008. If you pull up the market capitalisation of the GSIBs especially in Europe they have been wiped out in the past year. Societe General for example has a market of cap of 10billion with a loan book of 1.4 trillion. That says it all. The market has spoken and it’s all over bar the shouting. US banks slightly better but even they are under pressure now. Look at Citi today. Soon, the central banks will have to nationalise or recapitalise all these banks and print up the losses. Then the fun begins.
MacronvFrugals wrote: » Taxpayers re-floating zombie banks again will turn millennials into communists lol
brisan wrote: » I doubt Communists but a strong possibility they will turn into Sinn Feiners
SmokyMo wrote: » Doubt it will be a "banking crisis" as they re operating different now to pre 08. If the stakeholders were sure that property prices would collapse short term, then prices would reflect that belief and we would see massive drops already. I think zombie companies will implode after subsidies stop, sending ripple effects. Retail property sector/ General retail will also fold completely. Governments will start defaulting. Once the fed reserve stops propping up the stock market, it ll send off a chain reaction. Or financial system will start caving in. Depends what comes first. But then nobody really knows what's gonna happen.
brisan wrote: » No way lads on here saying property prices will stay stable in a major recession with mass unemployment and a lack of credit I believe them
MacronvFrugals wrote: » Yep was joking with the commie take but a shift leftwards none the less, how will official Ireland cope
Hubertj wrote: » Thank you. That’s a pretty bleak outlook. I best get to the ATM
beauf wrote: » ..or that lads who think they'll be giving out free property at some point, probably after lunch, just to get rid of the hassle.
Hubertj wrote: » So if the banks are foooked again where do we put our savings? Property is doomed, pensions are doomed, stocks are doomed?
Bass Reeves wrote: » I was not talking about a 20 year old but rather people in there 20's and not all but a good few and I know a few. A coffee once a day 5 days a weeks cost 750 euro Buying a sambo 3 time a week 350 euro Lunch out once a week 500 euro per year Night out pub, club, ride(taxi) home 100 euro, once a week for a year 5K Snort of cocaine once a week 5K/year Meal out ever fortnight @ 25 euro costs 650 euro a year Weekend away abroad cheap budget 250-300 euro, expensive one 500+ two per year 600 euro Holiday abroad 500-1000 including spending money 3 day stag in Ireland no C 500 euro with C add another 2-300 euro, add another 3-500 if in eastern Europe 2-3 concerts 200 a pop Soccer or Heinken Cup match 500-1K
The_Conductor wrote: » The banks aren't fooked' as you so eloquently put it. If anything- they are awash in liquidity- and while they'd love to lend it at prime rates to anyone they'd like to- thankfully, for both their sake and the sake of the taxpayer- they are restrained by regulations this time round- whereas in 2008-2009 (and in the decade preceding the last crash)- Ireland was renowned internationally for being the wild wild west with 'light touch' regulation of the sector. It is hard to find somewhere to put your money- and contrary to the suggestion to buy gold, I'd suggest that simply sitting on your money for at least the medium term- might be the better course of action- as when the dust settles, liquidity may be a valuable commodity. Returns are pitiful no matter where you look- however, inflation is also constrained (despite unprecedented liquidity creation)- and in the presence of constrained demand, there is no particular reason that inflation should feature as an issue.I'd suggest park your money somewhere where access to it has minimal constraints- and even if the return is pretty much nil, suck it up, and revisit what you'd like to do in 2-3 years time- but until then keep your assets as liquid as possible.
schmittel wrote: » I'll admit gold is volatile, and probably not for widows and orphans, but there is nothing wrong with its liquidity. With a 2-3 year time frame right now I'd far rather be in gold than cash.
SmokyMo wrote: » One of the reason governments can successfully issue negative rate bonds is because institutional money is trying not lose money nevermind actually earning on interest.