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Despicable

posted 16 years ago by mediumsizedeal
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Of all the "property porn" programmes on TV, this is the worst. It shows people buying repossessed properties and renovating them, fired by the same dreams that led the original owners to lose their homes in the first place.

A lot of TV programmes have helped inflate the UK property bubble, but the ones made by ITV and Channel Four at least have the excuse that they were partly funded by bank and building society advertising revenues. "Homes Under the Hammer" was paid for by the licence fee. It's pure cynicism.

[–] Nemesistah 16 years ago

The BBC is supposed to be in the business of "delivering creative future". I imagine one of their many economics correspondents warned them that the level of UK property prices was unsustainable, which meant the future of many Brits was likely to be negative equity, homelessness and destitution.

This programme is just a creative way to deliver that future to as many suckers as possible.

[–] Insyda 16 years ago

Watch out for the next stage: human interest stories in which people who took their advice and bought property for profit talk about their experiences with bankruptcy and homelessness. Homes Under The Hammer is not just a programme, it's a whole industry.

"Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies" – Balzac

[–] scotthannaford1973-1 14 years ago

erm turn over and watch Jeremy Kyle.