property prices do go up more than they go down – usually, and certainly when talking twenty to thirty years, even if pulling out £250,000 from a home could see that replaced due to market forces and rising property prices by the time you die. what did fox say—a 1 followed by 120 zeros? take it while i can get it. i'm so stinking excited i can't even stand it! my father was talking about this trend with a retired surgeon. the noise inside is pretty bad at those speeds though. 