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Joined: 16 Feb 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 19 Jun 2020
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peterweg   
14 Mar 2013
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

Poland property: have we seen the bottom?

It's hard to get consumers to ramp up spending when residential property prices are slumping - the wealth effect drags down spending, as economies ranging from Spain and Ireland to the US have found in recent years.

Poland has been hit by the same phenomenon - one of the many reasons that retail spending has slumped, helping drag down the country's economic performance. Polish residential real estate prices have been steadily falling for five years - but that trend may now be changing.

prices per square metre are about where they were in 2006

the average monthly salary could buy 0.34 of a square metre of property; now the average salary buys 0.54 square metres, the highest level since 2006.

Spot the obvious anomaly, wages have risen about 25% since 2006.
peterweg   
12 Mar 2013
Real Estate / The current property boom in Poland is a bubble [342]

You put to much personal intrest in it.

If you have a million zloty invested in a house at near peak prices, the thought of yearly falls of 5-6% become a emotional black hole.

Cheap money usually inflates assets

Indeed it does and there maybe more to come. However, the lending restrictions on mortgages have not been relaxed (unlike other loans), so it maybe cheaper but the amount and availability of lending may not increase.

So prices may not increase because of it.
peterweg   
11 Mar 2013
Real Estate / The current property boom in Poland is a bubble [342]

do you not think they could have embellished the information depending on who pays them

So you even admit that is how it rolls.

Tell me who pays to advertise that property prices are falling in Poland? I'd love to know how you can make a business out of that. Mind you, they are not the only organization and report of falling prices. You can go to the websites selling property and see the falls in prices in the past two years, Go into an estate agent and watch them over a period.

for your reading pleasure:

Well that covers 0.001% of the Polish property market, which according to that report hasn't fallen much. The report was paid for by the developers of luxury property in Warsaw, who of course have no interest in keeping the prices of their exceptionally expensive properties.

Heres some credible websites the Wall Street Journal

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323622904578129090710313614.html

The Financial Times

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323622904578129090710313614.html

Price Waterhouse Coopers. Apparently one of the most respected auditing companies in the world has more faith in REAS than you do, but what the heck you are married to the God of property

pwc.pl/pl_PL/pl/publikacje/Polish_Real_Estate_Market_2 011.pdf

Dunno who this is but its better than your feeble attempt

globalpropertyguide.com/Europe/Poland/Price-History
peterweg   
10 Mar 2013
Life / Rising cost of food across the globe. How much is a weekly shop in Poland now in 2013. [53]

I don't think you'd find much difference between UK and PL nowadays

Much more expensive in the UK, no question.

Yes,5 PLN for the whole bag!It's a shame,I don't understand how farmers can make any money at this price

Father in law got 7grz per kg last year for his potatoes. Bad year for potatoes and he planted them instead of wheat which was very high.

They pay no tax and have huge amounts of spuds.

And they don't make any money on them
peterweg   
10 Mar 2013
Real Estate / The current property boom in Poland is a bubble [342]

who to believe.

I'll believe an organization that provides consistent statistics based on real data over a long period, eg

media.reas.pl/file/mediakit/476871/ae/reas-residential-market-in-poland-q4-2012.pdf

I disbelieve everything a real estate agent says, because it will always be the same. -

Things are good,
now is a right time to buy,
its different this time/place,
You can't lose money on Bricks and Mortar
Buy now before you miss out

Etc

i.e sell-serving ********.

property prices are going down ,,anyway,

Yeah, don't tell Queen Canute
peterweg   
9 Mar 2013
Real Estate / The current property boom in Poland is a bubble [342]

my husband is a commercial real estate agent. He moves corporations and companies into office buildings. He leases office space.

still not a developer.

So, he has no 'expertise' in residential property which explains your lack of knowledge on the subject.

By your definition anyone who isn't a expert on residential property cannot give an opinion and you and your husband are NOT experts on residential property.

For sure there is a booming commercial property market, but we are NOT discussing commercial property in this thread

Not that I or anyone else is likely to take a opinion or comment seriously from anyone involved in real estate.. Bunch of lying idiots the lot of them.
peterweg   
3 Mar 2013
News / Poland's population on the rise [24]

Yes, all of them.

Its actually says its due to population growth - i.e. more babies.

Which fits my experience of a overcrowded maternity ward in November.
peterweg   
3 Mar 2013
News / Poland's population on the rise [24]

After a period of decline, the population of Poland started to increase, although the advance has been slim, according to the latest report by the National Institute of Public Health (NIZP).

peterweg   
3 Mar 2013
News / Poland's population on the rise [24]

Poland’s population on the rise
February 21, 2013

After a period of decline, the population of Poland started to increase, although the advance has been slim, according to the latest report by the National Institute of Public Health (NIZP).

After a decline between 1996 and 2007, Poland's population picked up and stood at 38.3 million in 2012. The process continues despite the fact that more people leave Poland than come to the country. This is due to the population growth, the report said.

Broken link removed.
peterweg   
25 Feb 2013
Law / The Euro, is it a good idea for Poland? [66]

Of course they can always fire us afterwards once they get enough breathing room but when driven to sobriety by necessity, you will always see people like me get hired

As a life long contractor the sign of being good is that they never want to get rid of you. They pay me because its the price I demand, you sound like the sort of twat who doesn't last very long.

The debts are no longer there. The Iceland refused to tax their people to pay for the banking losses of foreigners. Doing so prevented them from getting IMF loans.

Rubbish.

Did you read the IMF reports, or the report on the Icelandic banking crash (it is available in English) that he posted? Of course not, because you prefer your own fantasy to the IMF and Icelandic governments facts.

Iceland is still paying euro interest on the 5billion Glacier bonds, BTW

Read it.

studiotendra.com/2012/12/29/what-is-actually-going-on-in-iceland
peterweg   
20 Feb 2013
USA, Canada / What do Polish people think of the USA [287]

As a tourist it's your obligation get inform about specific laws in the country your are visiting.

He's not a tourist, he's workingin the US and thinks he's should be exempt from US law..
peterweg   
20 Feb 2013
Real Estate / Supply vs Demand - How long can contractors continue to push? Krakow [15]

That's a lot in my book.

Its Krakow it was a tiny amount, 5%

Maybe 5.000 - 10.000 apartments, ready to move in, fresh from the market, UNSOLD!

The figure is not like that. More like 2200.

Both of you should read the REAS report, Milky you know about it already.

media.reas.pl/en/pr/232656/residential-market-in-poland-in-q4-2012?changeLocale=EN
peterweg   
19 Feb 2013
USA, Canada / What do Polish people think of the USA [287]

And why should i have to prove my innocence. You will probly tell me in latin innocent until proven guilty. Not the other way round, right?

So you are completely ignorant about the laws of the country and so stupid that you think that this is a reason that those laws shouldn't apply to you? Its a fundamental point of law that ignorance is no defense in ALL countries.

I can guarantee that there are hundreds of laws you have never heard of that the UK police can hit you with and, no, they are not in an easy to find list clearly stating the law.

If you don't like the American approach to law enforcement, don't go there. I don't.
peterweg   
18 Feb 2013
Law / The Euro, is it a good idea for Poland? [66]

According to polls, majority of Poles are against.

They voted to join the EU, adopting the Euro is a compulsory part of membership. Apparently they was part of the voting process.
peterweg   
13 Feb 2013
News / Poland is the source of horsemeat in burgers? [169]

A month ago, when horse DNA was first found in some Irish beefburgers, the British reacted as they tend to when confronted with a scandal: they joked. It was hard to escape the torrent of puns, Shergar references and gags involving horses walking into pubs. Some of them were even funny.

But the smiles are starting to wear thin now as it becomes increasingly apparent thatthe scandal is far bigger than first imagined, and that it doesn't just involve untrustworthy foreign producers.

"The world's third biggest retailer, Tesco, didn't know what was going into its food. Neither did Findus. This is not one bad apple in the barrel - it is so much bigger than that."

telegraph

Hey Jon, are you going to admit you were wrong?
peterweg   
11 Feb 2013
News / Poland is the source of horsemeat in burgers? [169]

Horsemeat scandal: How often does food fraud happen?

"What a mess the processed meat trade seems to have got into," says Tim Lang, professor of food policy at London's City University. "The much-vaunted control of big companies over their supply chains is looking tattered."

There has always been food fraud. Once upon a time it might have been watered down beer or bread adulterated with sawdust.

bbc.
peterweg   
10 Feb 2013
News / Poland is the source of horsemeat in burgers? [169]

We don't hav a culture of bribery here.

Except in some notorious cases in the past, in food processing.

Romania is the guilty party apparently, Poland is off the hook

Nobody is off the hook. What you have is a load of buck passing.

They have setup a system to allow responsibility to fall in some gray area where nobody can blamed so they all can get away with these sorts of scams.

As the UK government has made clear, the ultimate responsibility is with the retailers - its their job to make sure the food is what they say it is an not blame their suppliers.
peterweg   
10 Feb 2013
News / Poland is the source of horsemeat in burgers? [169]

least they can't be bypassed by a bribe to an official.

A nod a wink is good enough in the UK, apparently. However, bribery to meat inspectors has happened in the past.
peterweg   
10 Feb 2013
News / New uniforms for Polish Army [30]

...they looked immaculate...were they not fighting a war also"? No answer was the reply.

Maybe thats why they lost.
peterweg   
10 Feb 2013
News / Poland is the source of horsemeat in burgers? [169]

meat production facilities have got strict procedures and our food is safe .

And you know this how? The UK is supposed to have very strict food regulations, as is the rest of the EU and, once again, greed has overcome it. Pass the salt, not road salt please...?

I suspect the horsemeat trade had been going for a decade and nobody noticed, because its very easy to pass off any old **** as long as its mashed up enough.

Maggots, flies, cockroaches,rotten meat, dog, cat, horse, excrement. If you can't identify the meat as meat then you will have eaten this posing as meat.

It been going on for centuries and if the BSE scandal couldn't stop it nothing will. If you don't want to eat adulterated crap, eat clearly identifiable meat or fish.

As usually the finger pointing to suppliers goes on. But the responsibility lies with the retailer who fed the consumer, thats the fraud. If retailers don't like it they should have keep their promises of quality and traceability.
peterweg   
9 Feb 2013
News / Poland is the source of horsemeat in burgers? [169]

You know why I didn't respond in Polish?

She isn't asking you to speak polish, its just a misinterpretation between yourselves. she's asking you to not slag off Poland (even though you aren't, but she doesn't understand)

Welcome back Jason, I missed your unique and interesting perspective...
peterweg   
9 Feb 2013
News / Poland is the source of horsemeat in burgers? [169]

I doubt the supermarkets in question would agree with you. Especially since they traced it.

They didn't trace anything. DNA test came back positive for horsemeat. Its now very apparent that they CANNOT trace it.

it will be on some level though, I go to a monthly horse sales here in UK where horsemeat dealers are in evidence, they probably transport to France.

Funny that, no economic value in horse meat. Which is why the focus is shifting to this trade.

So far, the only horsemeat that has been positively tracked down was Polish.

In fact, Poland is the only place where Horsemeat has NOT been found marked as beef.

Hardly anonymous, and as you'll know (though not neccessarily understand) if you read the newspapers, it has been discovered.

Try reading the newspaper article you are responding to rather that making up your own self serving story line.

Very. If there was a cover-up, how would we know so much about it.

They refused to ban beef for six years after the evidence was clear that it was a health risk. Lying to the public to protect the beef industry, yeah I suppose its not a coverup.