More supply shortages building up....

phil1873football

Reducing their rent...should mean reduce their benefits too then surely!!

If rent is linked to inflation, then Benefits should be too

robin_banks

Local Authority/Housing Association rents never decrease over a period of time.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Thrugelmir wrote: »

People in council houses are most likely to be the people (around 30 -40%) that will never be in a position to buy.

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If you were a real bear you would expect ALL people to be able to buy.

House prices have to drop to the point that even someone on minimum wage can afford a 3 bed semi.

That sort of wooly thinking, that some people shouldn't be in a position to buy, is exactly why we're in this mess.

Well I say NO to that. :mad:

Prices must drop til the average house is only 70K, no wait, 45K (so I can get one too from my shelf stacking job at Tesco).

Yes, 45K houses for all. Thats the ticket.

Thrugelmir

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

If you were a real bear you would expect ALL people to be able to buy.

You are reaching nonsenscial delusional lows today. :rotfl:

Guess its a bad day in the office and you've lost your clarity of thought. :rolleyes:

mbga9pgf

Hamish mctavish is Neil Morrisey and i claim my 100 pounds!

ruggedtoast

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Oh dear.....

Millions of people on social housing waiting lists, and plans to build more being abandoned.

But of course house prices will soon be so cheap due to......

unemployment/rising rates/swine flu/japanese deflation/whatever

......it won't be a problem as they'll be giving them away with cereal boxes.

Won't they?

Dont worry Hamish I doubt this'll affect Aberdeen much either way.

Unless you start to get...

Immigrants! :eek:

SingleSue

I actually don't see how this would improve house prices, I would think that many on the lists looking for social housing would be the ones not able to afford/not be suitable for, mortgages.

As for overcrowding, why is it now the norm to have a bedroom per child? My grandparents had a 3 bedroom house and 11 children and managed perfectly well.

Cleaver

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Well, all sorts of strange things have been happening since I asked the Doc to lower my IQ by 50 points so I could be a bear too.:eek:

I'm not sure what goes down on the HPC forum, but that won't cut the mustard as a gag on here.

Wordplay is popular, a clever in-reference to a long standing joke or thread on the board always gets a smile and an unexpected, shocking 'spit your drink' out line is always welcome. But a line which is basically, 'my IQ is low so I'm a bear' is of low calibre and, frankly, gives our board a bit of a bad rep.

Can I suggest you spend a bit of time reading some posts by wageslave, pastures, mewbie, fallenangel, chewmylegoff, ruggedtoast, lostinrates, bluey890 or one of the many other witty posters, make some notes and have another go? I'm sure any of the above would be happy to help via PM if you had any specific questions.

If all else fails you when trying to think of a pun, go for a random picture of a small penis. Or a joke about influenza. Sure fire hits, both of them.

nembot

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

If you were a real bear you would expect ALL people to be able to buy.

House prices have to drop to the point that even someone on minimum wage can afford a 3 bed semi.

That sort of wooly thinking, that some people shouldn't be in a position to buy, is exactly why we're in this mess.

Well I say NO to that. :mad:

Prices must drop til the average house is only 70K, no wait, 45K (so I can get one too from my shelf stacking job at Tesco).

Yes, 45K houses for all. Thats the ticket.

Well to be fair, it's only the last 10 years were greed overtook sense and this stopped happening, luckily the market is cyclic and I should be able to buy my second home in two/three years - when the price is right, again.

baileysbattlebus

Generali wrote: »

Thanks. It's always good to clear up misunderstandings before getting into a conversation with someone who doesn't have a clue what they're on about.



Perhaps. DYOR first.



You need to understand what supply and demand are before trying to do simplistic economic analysis.

PS Does this really make you laugh out loud?

Do you think the housing market has followed the normal definition of supply and demand - to me, it appears to have done the opposite. (Though I could be just being dense here)

Normally you would expect to see less people buying when prices are high - we have had more.

People wanted a house at any price.
Banks were falling over themselves to lend with very small deposits
You could make a quick return on your money.

You would have expected to see more people buying when prices are low. But:

People are not buying because the prices may fall further - you can see that on here.
Deposits have to be much larger
Mortgages are hard to come by
You won't get a quick return on your money.

I suppose though, if you want to sell your house and the price is low enough - you probably will sell it.

So, I suppose my point is that the housing market seems pretty complex as far as supply and demand goes - it's not quite the same as Comet reducing the price of a 50inch plasma to £100.

I don't suppose I've explained myself very - but do you see where I'm coming from.

And if anyone can explain it - could you??