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Debate House Prices & the Economy

1 bedroom is fine for a family
Some Christmas cheer from the Guardian
House market up 5% on previous year: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/dec/20/house-market-up :beer:
Boris to the rescue!
Of the babyboomers.... Now, I know we like a good babyboomer thread in these parts, and we haven't had one for a while. Boris Johnson has written in the telegraph that rather than judging babyboomers for all they have...and keep getting, we should look at what they have achieved for our young today. He qualifies this by…
New CGT rules on disposal of Residential Property Investments
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/main-tax-announcements-for-autumn-statement-2015/main-tax-announcements-for-autumn-statement-2015
junior doctors only - could your grandparents have been junior doctors too?
Autumn Statement - Predictions and results
MSE Official stuff! If you're not already caught up check out our Autumn Statement News stories. Back to mystic_trev's post :) ---- OK - So as no one's started a thread on this, I will! Predictions - Paying NI until 70 if employed. - Salary sacrifice schemes to be axed.
Why buy – ever?
If governments do cut back on housing benefits then rents will fall back also into line. In cities like Berlin, renting is far more popular than in the UK, because of lower rents and better tenancy rights. These trends are slowly coming to the UK.
To boost renewables in the economy....
The title says it all really. Should people with solar panels, who are in receipt of feed in tariff subsidies (paid for by all electricity bill payers), be encouraged onto electricity plans that have 100% generation from renewables or lose their tariff subsidies? Most owners of solar panels have seen a large reduction in…
Housing Shortage Worsening - Another million homes needed in just 10 years....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/11653052/Britain-to-be-one-million-homes-short-of-housing-its-people-by-2025.html
Million Pound Housing on Minimum Wage ?
Just being running the latest government incentives for housing in London, which if I have my calculations correct means in the near future that minimum wagers in London will be able to compete for £1,000,000 properties. e.g. property is worth £1,000,000 Less government discount of 20%, property will be sold for £800,000…
Please stop moving threads
AS ABOVE more letters
South East more confident of house price rises than ever recorded
http://www.cityam.com/229209/south-east-and-london-these-regions-feel-most-confident-about-house-price-growth-according-to-knight-frank-and-markit-economics
ONS admits it "badly underestimated" rent inflation for years
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09894118-a899-11e4-bd17-00144feab7de.html#ixzz3T5FTk1or Whoops...... So much for 'the usual suspects' in denial quoting ONS rent stats as 'evidence' that rents were not soaring to new record highs. :)
What is Economics?
In light of some conversation I had recently with the people on here that definitely aren't moderators and definitely aren't described as such for legal reasons so this website can be run cheaply I was wondering what my fellow posters would define as 'economics'...? Is it solely to do with Government finances and the price…
France overtakes UK in homeownership
The talk was that the French love to rent....maybe they are now saying the brits love to rent? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2893463/Home-ownership-Britain-set-fall-France-buy-let-surge-pushes-families-rented-properties.html France has seen its home-ownership rate increase over the last 10 years while the UK has…
30 Years and the african economy is still no better...
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/oct/15/ethiopia-appeals-international-assistance-food-insecurity What was the point of Band Aid and all other relief efforts when we are just tipping money into a bottomless pit? and yet again here is the west's answer:…
Thoughts for those that lost their lives in Paris
Vive la democratie !
What would cause negative HPI in London
A lot of discussion around here takes the form of "London prices will never go down because...." Now maybe that is correct but I don't feel I'm learning anything new hearing the same old supply/demand arguments. I'd be interested if a few of you could don your bear hats and describe a scenario in which we see negative HPI…
Living Wage: our survey says.......
http://www.cipd.co.uk/pressoffice/press-releases/nlw-rf-release-181115.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source Impact of Osborne's political ruse.......confusion, higher prices, more productivity, less jobs who knows?
The Zombie Broom Apocalypse of Curling

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