10,000 tenants behind with their rents

N1AK

The-Joker wrote: »

Which made up numbers?

The point is you cant trust any numbers released especially the official ones.

You can just go on what the market is looking like. Nobody is smarter than the market.

The 'market' is represented as a number be it sales, average sale price, change in sale price etc. I'll trust numbers, especially official ones, especially when compared to unsubstantiated rambles.

It's incredibly naive to think that even if there were more renters (which there aren't), and they were more likely to vote (they aren't), and the price of houses was their key issue when choosing who to vote for (it probably isn't) and that actual action to lower prices, rather than statements implying a party wants to, are required (clearly not).

Thrugelmir

The-Joker wrote: »

Nobody is smarter than the market.

Like buffaloes, people move in herds. A single pride of lions can cause a stampede. Across crocodile infested waters too. Nothing smart. In fact totally the opposite.

cepheus

Here's a good idea. I'll leave it up to you to figure out the details.

Crashy_Time

cepheus wrote: »

Here's a good idea. I'll leave it up to you to figure out the details.

Is the answer "Drop the rent 5 -10%"? :T

NorthFin

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/900591-rising-rents-force-10-000-tenants-into-arrears

More than 10,000 tenants contacted the Consumer Credit Counselling Service in the last 12 months – a rise of 27 per cent on the previous year.

On average, tenants were £760 in arrears and regularly left with a disposable income of just £35 a month after paying all their bills.

So this was back in 2012. Any numbers for the end of 2014?

Crashy_Time

NorthFin wrote: »

So this was back in 2012. Any numbers for the end of 2014?

Yes, that would be interesting.

NorthFin

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Yes, that would be interesting.

Its very interesting actually, there seems to be no data anywhere.

Maybe Im looking in the rwrong places?

But there seems to be a relaionship between tenants behind with the rents and numbers of people looking for help at food banks, and the foodban numbers are sky high..........

The-Joker

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Like buffaloes, people move in herds. A single pride of lions can cause a stampede. Across crocodile infested waters too. Nothing smart. In fact totally the opposite.

Are you saying when interest rates start to go back up, and the selling starts it will turn into a selling stampede?

James_B.

Loughton_Monkey wrote: »

I'm sure Nigel will sort this one out. Let's get back to the sanity of old, where only male property owners are allowed to vote.

... large gin & tonics all round......

You should get a number of votes based on your contribution to the state. Put nothing in, get no say on how other people's contribution is spent...

Percy1983

James_B. wrote: »

You should get a number of votes based on your contribution to the state. Put nothing in, get no say on how other people's contribution is spent...

This makes a lot of sense, it would stop parties buying votes with promises of more benefits.