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Friday, March 07, 2008
Top Quality Property Porn
I love property porn. You know the stuff: it comes in a colour supplement in your weekly regional paper that's longer than the paper itself is.
Before they get to the actual adverts, which funds the whole thing, there's a few pages of blatant fluff masquerading as reviews of newly available property.
No matter what the economic climate, never mind if there is an enormous property bubble popping around your ears, what you'll read in property porn is always universally positive.
If prices are collapsing, then property porn will tell you 'this house should be of interest to investors and first time buyers, offering unprecedented affordability in this much sought-after area."
If it's a derelict flat in a slum redlight district, it will be described as "offering a unique opportunity for a developer in an up-and-coming area of town."
If you're particularly gullible or unintelligent, you may not have worked out that all this property porn is either directly written by the estate agents themselves or else has been lightly adapted by hacks and shills masquerading as journalists.
But most of us are a lot smarter than to be taken in by this gushing, lying, overwritten shite about shoddy, sub-standard, overpriced housing.
It's a lot of fun noting how shrill and desperate the tone of property porn has become, how the page lengths are dropping alongside the prices, and how terrifyingly upbeat the tone remains, reminiscent of the grin on the face of a Club Med holiday rep watching helpless as a load of boozed-up lager louts pick her up to throw her into the pool.
But even more fun is this hilarious pastiche of a contemporary property ad, produced by Maxdiver, one of the regular posters on HousePriceCrash:
Great new property investment schemes now available. You've seen it on TV - now experience the joys of Property Investment.
With Mulligan Property Investors all your dreams can come true. In the North Coast's most popular investment Village - Causeway Glen a new way of life is coming. A great new development will be opened in 2009 - and it's surely the most popular residential concept Northern Ireland has ever seen.
The demand for these great Nest Egg investments has been extraordinary. With all units having been snapped up within minutes of having been up on sale - we aren't making this up. But don't worry - you can still get in on the action.
To help the savvy beginning professional Property Investor get rich quick we Mulligan Property Investors are giving 1,000 lucky investors who thought they missed out on the bargain of a lifetime - the chance to share in the success of Causeway Glen.
Listen to this great deal: For someone starting out in the making money business, Pay only £500 per month + the cost of the £249,950 loan for a 1 bedroom town house and you will buy this great high quality life-style investment in 2009 when the development is complete for the same £250k.
Prices range from £249,950 for chic 1-bedroom town houses to £1,499,950 for a 6 bedroom Mansion with Double Garage.
You stand to benefit enormously from this limited offer - with house prices having risen and according to respected commentators in the media - to keep on increasing - you need to sign up with us today.
Imagine how great it will feel - knowing that for only £500 per month you can share in ever growing prosperity.
Hurry - this is a limited offer - and any Property Investor worth their salt is rubbing their hands with glee.
And if that isn't enough - all investors will recieve a free iPod shuffle and 10% off the cost of fitting upstairs curtains!
MPI have over 100 years experience in making people fabulously wealthy through property - with over 30 eager staff - give us a call and see if you are the type of person who knows a good deal when they see it. Call us now on 02890-xxxxxx. You'll be glad you did.
Labels:
housing,
journalism,
Northern Ireland,
property crash
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I'm doing an experiment today...I'm calling it Monday Meandering (I know...it's only Sunday...but I want to post it for tomorrow.) My blog will link to this post...hope you can visit!
Sorry that you are sharing the real estate crisis that we are experiencing here in the U.S.
you go out to Clare Hall, on Malahide road and you'll find approx 400-500 idle brand new apartments. fact. Nobody living in them.
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