What was the main driver of the 300%+ house price rise from the mid 80s to mid 00s

IveSeenTheLight

ukcarper wrote: »

It is a culture shift I but are more women working because of bigger mortgages or are mortgages bigger because more women work.

Dangerous ground there ukcarper.
Are you advocating that the culture should revert to single income households where woman's role is in the kitchen or trying to get a husband?

Really2

ukcarper wrote: »

I would agree that woman have the right to work the only thing I am saying is that including their wage in mortgage application increases the size of mortgage and therefore house prices.

It does, but does that mean the same restrictions should be placed on same sex couples and people who can't have children? (1 wage being the restriction)

I am not arguing it has not increased house prices (I said there would be a fair correlation between HPI and two wage households) but you cant stop it when we have equality.

Errata

I would agree that woman have the right to work the only thing I am saying is that including their wage in mortgage application increases the size of mortgage and therefore house prices

Including the wife's wage has been possible for 50 years, and latterly also that of a 'parner'.

IveSeenTheLight

carolt wrote: »

The former.

Sorry, but not all woman want to be kept by a man.

carolt wrote: »

Reached that point a few years ago.

Roll on the revolution!

The revolution was to give woman more rights.
This includes being able to be self sufficient.

Emy1501

increased availability of credit

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

Dangerous ground there ukcarper.
Are you advocating that the culture should revert to single income households where woman's role is in the kitchen or trying to get a husband?

90% of the women I know with kids especially under school age want to be at home with their kids. These days especially in the South East this not really possible unless the main earner earns well over 50K and thats mainly due to house prices IMO.

Really2

Errata wrote: »

latterly also that of a 'parner'.

Is that like in Broke Back Mountain. "Howdy parner"

(sorry feel free to rip the pee out of my spelling any time, you will have plenty of opportunity.)

Really2

Emy1501 wrote: »

90% of the women I know with kids especially under school age want to be at home with their kids. These days especially in the South East this not really possible unless the main earner earns well over 50K and thats mainly due to house prices IMO.

So they can't rent and stay at home then? (or is rent just as expensive?)

I was not aware ownership was so important

the_ash_and_the_oak

increased availability of credit

would prefer prices stay high rather than yet more housebuilding imo

Emy1501

increased availability of credit

Really2 wrote: »

So they can't rent and stay at home then? (or is rent just as expensive?)

I was not aware ownership was so important

Rents pretty expensive but not as expensive as ownership where I am. Also most women I know once kids are on their way want their own home.

Really2

Emy1501 wrote: »

Rents pretty expensive but not as expensive as ownership where I am. Also most women I know once kids are on their way want their own home.

Back to the difference of want and need then.

If my wife wanted to stay at home and the only way was to sell up I would sell up and move to rented without hesitation (If that worked out cheaper).


Funny how it seems we have a nation that put's houses before family.

For nearly all my younger years my parents either rented private or off the council, i don't think this "need to own" was around in the 70's.