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What price is worth paying for cheaper housing.....

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  • System
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    DaddyBear wrote: »
    Absolutely. This is something the bulls either don't get or don't care. Yes their house is increasing in value, but society is slowly degrading as more people are priced out and lose motivation to work.

    What do you suggest the "bulls" do about it?
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  • DaddyBear
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    Joeskeppi wrote: »
    What do you suggest the "bulls" do about it?

    Nothing, but they seem incapable of admitting that there are many negative aspects the of rampant HPI that occurred during the noughties. There is a real "I'm alright Jack" mentality. There is no coincidence that many of them don't have children.
  • Graham_Devon
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    Joeskeppi wrote: »
    What do you suggest the "bulls" do about it?

    Take it into consideration when giving one side of the story?
  • System
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    And what will that actually achieve? It makes no difference to any of the debates on here, it's an uncontrollable side effect.
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  • Graham_Devon
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    How is it uncontrollable?!
  • System
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    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    How is it uncontrollable?!

    What are you referring to? I was referring to this:

    Yes their house is increasing in value, but society is slowly degrading as more people are priced out and lose motivation to work.
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  • DaddyBear
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    Joeskeppi wrote: »
    And what will that actually achieve? It makes no difference to any of the debates on here, it's an uncontrollable side effect.


    But house prices can be partly controlled by government policy. Interest rates, property tax, putting house prices into inflation data etc. This Labour government chose to ignore HPI, insread of trying to control it and as a result their future core voters have been made poorer. To top it off, having had a massive financial collapse related to HPI, they are acrtively allowing it to happen again.
  • System
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    I don't disagree with you but I still don't see what a "bull" can do about it.

    So far all we have is "mention it whenever possible" but I'm not sure how that will help.
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  • DaddyBear
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    Joeskeppi wrote: »
    I don't disagree with you but I still don't see what a "bull" can do about it.

    So far all we have is "mention it whenever possible" but I'm not sure how that will help.


    JK, I'm not suggesting that the Bulls do anything about it. It just frustrates me that the Bulls refuse to admit that massive HPI is bad for society and that HPI must be encouraged at all costs.
  • System
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    In the same way do "bears" admit that the 70% crash they wish for is bad for society?
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