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I signed my life away for the sake of city centre apt.

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  • #32
    AARRRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 566 ✭✭✭AARRRRGH


    james finn wrote: »
    hobbs, hes a pure spoofer. what happened to the eddie hobbs investment scheme, it went bust, he lost people a fortune. sad the irish government listen to him, he has not got a clue, bless him!!

    himself and his brother were fleeced on property in Cape Verde too, which they were trying to offload on poor Paddy for years.


  • #33
    Sarn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,141 ✭✭✭Sarn


    james finn wrote: »
    7%-10% house price rise forecast

    By Brian O’Mahony
    Saturday, January 09, 2010

    HOUSE prices are set to rise 7%-10% having fallen up to 40% from their peak, according to a new report.

    You might want to read this thread.

    phew! all over .. property prices to rise 10% this year [Irish Times]

    Two days prior to that article Alan McQuaid, Chief Economist, also from Bloxham Stockbrokers, predicted another 10 - 15% drop in property prices. It all depends on who you talk to.


  • #34
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    What is it lately about Indo hacks sobbing into their venti lattes?


  • #35
    james finn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭james finn


    AARRRRGH wrote: »
    himself and his brother were fleeced on property in Cape Verde too, which they were trying to offload on poor Paddy for years.

    oh hobbs got fleeced, the money man who knows everything till it comes down to his own money and other peoples money.


  • #36
    james finn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭james finn


    Sarn wrote: »
    You might want to read this thread.

    phew! all over .. property prices to rise 10% this year [Irish Times]

    Two days prior to that article Alan McQuaid, Chief Economist, also from Bloxham Stockbrokers, predicted another 10 - 15% drop in property prices. It all depends on who you talk to.

    So whos right and whos wrong, we know our boy hobbs lost his shirt, he got it wrong.


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  • #37
    Diageio_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭Diageio_Man


    ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, HATE THAT! silly bint.


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,828 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Re examiner (fairy) story

    My bullshit meter has endstopped so hard it's bent the needle! :eek:


  • #39
    james finn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭james finn


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Re examiner (fairy) story

    My bullshit meter has endstopped so hard it's bent the needle! :eek:

    lets not forget our boy hobbs, i wounder has he got anymore good idea's on how to get rid of your money.


  • #40
    changes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭changes


    Who lent her that amount of money in 2008...... sack them!!


  • #41
    james finn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭james finn


    changes wrote: »
    Who lent her that amount of money in 2008...... sack them!!

    eddie hobbs gave her the go ahead, poor guy lost his shirt


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  • #42
    Jobquiries
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭Jobquiries


    Eddie Hobbs - fairly sure I have heard him spout conpsiracy theory stuff + false information before ["Russia invaded Georgia for oil" when it was public knowledge that thats not what happened].


  • #43
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    Come on people, we should all have some sympathy for the poor girl, she Bahahahahahahahahahaha couldn't even finish that sentence....

    What the hell is wrong with that girl....
    The housing market is fluctuating more than ever, so what do you do....of course you go out and buy yourself an extremly overpriced apartment...how could it go wrong...


  • #44
    Hondo75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭Hondo75


    Is this the same Alison o'Riordan enjoying the health benefits of sunbeds??

    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/past-policies-cast-a-cloud-over-harney-sunbed-ban-1873162.html


  • #45
    hinault
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭hinault


    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/i-signed-my-life-away-for-the-sake-of-city-centre-apartment-2106182.html

    I mean how utterly stupid can someone be, she brought in 2008 when everybody knew that house prices and the country was going down the toilet. :eek: 525,000 for a two bed apartment, theres a old saying that a fool is born every minute in Ireland and this certainly proves it and now the girl writes to a newspaper looking for sympathy, unbelievable.
    I would not of minded her complaing if she had brought in 2006 or 2007 but she brought in May 2008 when even the dogs in the street knew what was around the corner.

    €500k is the bit that gets me.

    Where did she get the 10% deposit for that place?

    She is a cretin.


  • #46
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Surely if you'd done something as stupid as this you'd wouldn't want loads of people to know about it. Instead she repeatedly writes articles about it in a newspaper.

    What a fool.

    I have no sympathy for people like this.

    If she's the same one writing the "I love sunbeds, people with tans are so much better" nonsense then she's really showing herself up to be a Grade-A moron, isn't she?


  • #47
    hinault
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭hinault


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Why the sudden splurge of these types of stories now!

    What the splurge?

    Because the Sindo which was the cheer leader for everything that was vulgar/moneygrabbing/waffle during the "celtic tiger", has to reassure it's readership that all their fellow middleclass latte sipping wasters are all feeling the pain sicne the demise of the "celtic tiger"

    Serves them all right.


  • #48
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,632 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    I have no sympathy for people like this.

    Did any of the genius sneers (who obviously have massive property folios, cause they seem to know everything there is to know about the game) read the article?

    She isn't looking for your sympathy and I don't think she would want it to be honest, she is telling us about a massive mistake she made and the regrets she has. A pretty honest, brave article, better than listening to gob****es telling us how many hundreds of thousands of Euros their house was worth during the boom.

    I think she is overreacting to be honest, at least she bought in the city and not an apartment miles outside the center like a lot of insane people did. Anyway can any of you tell me how much the apartment will be worth if she decides to sell it in twenty eight years time?

    Not one of you.


  • #49
    james finn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭james finn


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    Did any of the genius sneers(who obviously have massive property folios, cause they seem to know everything there is to know about the game) read the article?

    She isn't looking for your sympathy and I don't think she would want it to be honest, she is telling us about a massive mistake she made and the regrets she has. A pretty honest, brave article, better than listening to gob****es telling us how many hundreds of thousands of Euros their house was worth during the boom.

    I think she is overreacting to be honest, at least she bought in the city and not an apartment miles outside the center like a lot of insane people did. Anyway can any of you tell me how much the apartment will be worth if she decides to sell it in twenty eight years time?



    Not one of you.

    i agree, it wouldnt matter even if she spent 1 million on it so long as she dosnt plan to sell, she must have a good job to get that amount of money, i wish her well, i wouldnt run her down like people who have notin and never will


  • #50
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,195 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    Anyway can any of you tell me how much the apartment will be worth if she decides to sell it in twenty eight years time?

    Not one of you.

    How much do you reckon Rambo?


  • #51
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    Did any of the genius sneers (who obviously have massive property folios, cause they seem to know everything there is to know about the game) read the article?

    She isn't looking for your sympathy and I don't think she would want it to be honest, she is telling us about a massive mistake she made and the regrets she has. A pretty honest, brave article, better than listening to gob****es telling us how many hundreds of thousands of Euros their house was worth during the boom.

    I think she is overreacting to be honest, at least she bought in the city and not an apartment miles outside the center like a lot of insane people did. Anyway can any of you tell me how much the apartment will be worth if she decides to sell it in twenty eight years time?

    Not one of you.

    It's a honest, brave article? Writing repeated articles telling us how much of a fool she was? If you think that's brave and you want to read that sort of "journalism" then that's your look out.

    Why would I care how much her apartment would be worth in 28 years time? Can you tell us how much it would be worth? What's that got to do with anything?

    All I see when I read that article is a fool of a woman who was so desperate to be a grown up and get on the property ladder that she ignored all the warnings and dived into something that she had neither researched properly nor understood. Are we supposed to reward her stupidity now by talking about brave she is to admit she was wrong. For f*ck's sake, the dogs on the street could have told her she was wrong to buy it.


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  • #52
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,632 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    How much do you reckon Rambo?


    Haven't a notion DrunkMonkey, I'm just not deluded enough to think I do!


  • #53
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,828 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    Anyway can any of you tell me how much the apartment will be worth if she decides to sell it in twenty eight years time?

    Not one of you.

    About G74,000,950* only problen is that a hamburger costs G92,000.99 so it's really dirt cheap. ;)



    *Grunts, the currency the piigs adopt after falling out of the Euro


  • #54
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,632 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Why would I care how much her apartment would be worth in 28 years time? Can you tell us how much it would be worth? What's that got to do with anything?

    You are joking me?

    When do you think the price of your apartments and houses matters the most?
    WHEN YOU ARE SELLING IT GORDON GECKO!!!!


  • #55
    james finn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭james finn


    everyone talks about how foolish everyone else is, the lady has a great job, and a nice home which will return value in years to come and all the I have notin's can say is she is a fool.


  • #56
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Hondo75 wrote: »
    Is this the same Alison o'Riordan enjoying the health benefits of sunbeds??

    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/past-policies-cast-a-cloud-over-harney-sunbed-ban-1873162.html

    Here's a photo of what Alison will look like by the day she's made her last mortgage repayment.


  • #57
    hinault
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭hinault


    james finn wrote: »
    everyone talks about how foolish everyone else is, the lady has a great job, and a nice home which will return value in years to come and all the I have notin's can say is she is a fool.

    She's emulsified in negative equity and debt.


    A broken clock is correct twice a day, I suppose.


  • #58
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    She's a fool because she didn't wait to see what the market was going to do.
    If the market is falling, you don't buy, you wait.
    Surely anyone who is going to spend €500k on an apartment would put in some research on the subject.
    Plus she is a journalist, which just makes it even worse...


  • #59
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    You are joking me?

    When do you think the price of your apartments and houses matters the most?

    That still doesn't answer why should I care about her apartment?
    james finn wrote: »
    everyone talks about how foolish everyone else is, the lady has a great job, and a nice home which will return value in years to come and all the I have notin's can say is she is a fool.

    Let's hear what she has to say on the subject:
    the once affordable mortgage is not so affordable anymore with pay cuts and it has become a struggle to pay the bills and large mortgage.
    The sleepless nights and bouts of anxiety will continue but hindsight is a very exact science and I can do nothing about that fateful day when I signed away my life and effectively put myself into my own financial prison.

    Struggling to pay her bills? Bouts of anxiety and sleepless nights?

    Sounds like she's having a whale of a time alright.

    She is a fool for buying the apartment. Even she would admit that.

    I've got a very good job and could have gone up to my neck in depth in 2008 the way she did and bought an identical apartment.

    Guess what? I didn't because it would have been the wrong move to make.

    People in this country are obsessed with owning their own home and they didn't care how much money they had to borrow to do it.

    You know what? I don't have sleepless nights or bouts of anxiety because I can't pay my bills. I have a nice big savings account building up and I'll buy property when I think the time is right. There's no rush on it.

    The woman was a fool and now she's writing articles that only emphasise how foolish she was.


  • #60
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    Hank_Jones wrote: »
    She's a fool because she didn't wait to see what the market was going to do.
    If the market is falling, you don't buy, you wait.
    Surely anyone who is going to spend €500k on an apartment would put in some research on the subject.
    Plus she is a journalist, which just makes it even worse...

    She's not a journalist, she's a wannabe working for a rag with a Carrie Bradshaw complex and not the only one about town.


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  • #61
    james finn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭james finn


    Hank_Jones wrote: »
    She's a fool because she didn't wait to see what the market was going to do.
    If the market is falling, you don't buy, you wait.
    Surely anyone who is going to spend €500k on an apartment would put in some research on the subject.
    Plus she is a journalist, which just makes it even worse...

    if she waited till now she might not have got the loan,

    she bought the home to live in and she aint selling so whats the prob, why do you hate her. i wish her well


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