This article follows the Financial Times' predictions of a 'property crash' and our response to that: Boom or Bust? Will there be a UK housing 'bust' in the next couple of years?

Nothing ignites the emotions and opinions of property investors like talk of a property market crash, writes Neil Lewis.

And it's a fact that your attitude to the market is crucial in setting yourself up for long term profits.

My favourite headline - of which I've kept a copy - is from the Daily Express on Thursday July 18, 2002.

It screamed, 'House Prices Set to Crash' and quoted a report that promised to reveal when and where the crash would take place.