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AB said:
Didn't realise Holly was back on the market. Excellent news.
Normally I'd agree with you but https://archive.ph/S1ujH
Countdown said:
AB said:
Didn't realise Holly was back on the market. Excellent news.
Normally I'd agree with you but https://archive.ph/S1ujH
Think around 3,000 people globally are classed as a "billionaire".
Even at the the bottom end of that category, the buyer would still have £700m+ to manage on.
The vast majority of people imagine a billion to be the "next step up" from a million & while appreciating it is a lot more, often don't realise how massive the difference actually is.
If you tell someone that it if they started to count upwards from 1 at the rate of one number per second, then assuming they did this 24-hours a day it would take around 11 days before they reached 1 million.
Then ask them how much longer they think it would take to count to 1 billion at the same rate.
Many think that if it takes 11 days to count to a million, then 6 months or a year should be enough for a billion.
The actual answer is c. 32 years.
Even at the the bottom end of that category, the buyer would still have £700m+ to manage on.
The vast majority of people imagine a billion to be the "next step up" from a million & while appreciating it is a lot more, often don't realise how massive the difference actually is.
If you tell someone that it if they started to count upwards from 1 at the rate of one number per second, then assuming they did this 24-hours a day it would take around 11 days before they reached 1 million.
Then ask them how much longer they think it would take to count to 1 billion at the same rate.
Many think that if it takes 11 days to count to a million, then 6 months or a year should be enough for a billion.
The actual answer is c. 32 years.
Countdown said:
JoshSm said:
Suspect the house is incidental to that transaction. Like a lot of ones with a Candy attached seem to be.
AIUI he's a super successful property developer bloke. Are you implying something underhand?They get some massive numbers for some properties that aren't that nice. Especially impressive performance given the market isn't that strong.
Lots of their stuff seems to end up just as an asset to store & transfer value, the actual property itself doesn't really seem to matter.
Countdown said:
AB said:
Didn't realise Holly was back on the market. Excellent news.
Normally I'd agree with you but https://archive.ph/S1ujH
OzzyR1 said:
Think around 3,000 people globally are classed as a "billionaire".
Even at the the bottom end of that category, the buyer would still have £700m+ to manage on.
The vast majority of people imagine a billion to be the "next step up" from a million & while appreciating it is a lot more, often don't realise how massive the difference actually is.
If you tell someone that it if they started to count upwards from 1 at the rate of one number per second, then assuming they did this 24-hours a day it would take around 11 days before they reached 1 million.
Then ask them how much longer they think it would take to count to 1 billion at the same rate.
Many think that if it takes 11 days to count to a million, then 6 months or a year should be enough for a billion.
The actual answer is c. 32 years.
Interesting, thanks for posting that.Even at the the bottom end of that category, the buyer would still have £700m+ to manage on.
The vast majority of people imagine a billion to be the "next step up" from a million & while appreciating it is a lot more, often don't realise how massive the difference actually is.
If you tell someone that it if they started to count upwards from 1 at the rate of one number per second, then assuming they did this 24-hours a day it would take around 11 days before they reached 1 million.
Then ask them how much longer they think it would take to count to 1 billion at the same rate.
Many think that if it takes 11 days to count to a million, then 6 months or a year should be enough for a billion.
The actual answer is c. 32 years.
quigonjay said:
Has more money ever been laundered in a single transaction? No way is that worth even a fraction of that
I was wondering that. Is this just a delaying tactic? If your house is worth £500,000 and you don't want to sell it for the divorce then market it at £900,000. This is just an extreme example.OzzyR1 said:
The vast majority of people imagine a billion to be the "next step up" from a million & while appreciating it is a lot more, often don't realise how massive the difference actually is.
If you tell someone that it if they started to count upwards from 1 at the rate of one number per second, then assuming they did this 24-hours a day it would take around 11 days before they reached 1 million.
Then ask them how much longer they think it would take to count to 1 billion at the same rate.
Many think that if it takes 11 days to count to a million, then 6 months or a year should be enough for a billion.
The actual answer is c. 32 years.
But wealth tends to be a percentage increase, not a straight line.If you tell someone that it if they started to count upwards from 1 at the rate of one number per second, then assuming they did this 24-hours a day it would take around 11 days before they reached 1 million.
Then ask them how much longer they think it would take to count to 1 billion at the same rate.
Many think that if it takes 11 days to count to a million, then 6 months or a year should be enough for a billion.
The actual answer is c. 32 years.
_Rodders_ said:
£32m in stamp duty. Although I'm sure there's a way round that at this level.
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