BOE: "Not our job to regulate house prices"

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

grizzly1911 wrote: »

There isn't exactly a shortage of land up there.

There isn't a shortage of land anywhere.

The shortage is of houses.

grizzly1911

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

There isn't a shortage of land anywhere.

The shortage is of houses.

Shortage of housing brought about by geagraphic demand and a wish to concentrate employment in a few honey pots like the SE.

I find it surprising that the likes of Hyde, Regents and Richmond parks haven't been built on really.

CLAPTON

grizzly1911 wrote: »

Shortage of housing brought about by geagraphic demand and a wish to concentrate employment in a few honey pots like the SE.

I find it surprising that the likes of Hyde, Regents and Richmond parks haven't been built on really.

says a lot about your judgement and very little about housing

ukcarper

we here about all the spare land but there is not much inside the M25 especially on the western side of London

Thrugelmir

grizzly1911 wrote: »

I find it surprising that the likes of Hyde, Regents and Richmond parks haven't been built on really.

The Queen doesn't need the money at the moment.

leveller2911

ukcarper wrote: »

we here about all the spare land but there is not much
inside the M25 especially on the western side of London

They are going to build another 1,000 houses on the South side of Ashford (Kent).

One of the problems is the infrastructure, the Hospitals are at breaking point,anything up to an 90 min wait for an ambulance, no new Schools ,doctors surgeries again at breaking point (up to 2.5 weeks to get a doctors appointment) and even then the road network is dire. We have the M20 and thats pants most of the time and the trains to London are already packed most days.

The South East will be grid locked within a decade with thousands upon thousands of new overpriced houses and little employment prospects for the inhabitants.

Still, its HPI that counts, keep pumping them house prices up ,what can possibly go wrong.I'm sure Fungus and Judith Wilson will be rubbing their hands together in anticipation.

Linton

ukcarper wrote: »

we here about all the spare land but there is not much inside the M25 especially on the western side of London

There is a lot more than you may think (ie can see from the main roads). How's about the area between Uxbridge and Rickmansworth. Travel by narrowboat from Uxbridge into central London and you pass through semi-derelict areas of former industrial land and small workshops.

And then you could build upwards.

Though I think it would be better to move Government to Birmingham or further north.

CLAPTON

leveller2911 wrote: »

They are going to build another 1,000 houses on the South side of Ashford (Kent).

One of the problems is the infrastructure, the Hospitals are at breaking point,anything up to an 90 min wait for an ambulance, no new Schools ,doctors surgeries again at breaking point (up to 2.5 weeks to get a doctors appointment) and even then the road network is dire. We have the M20 and thats pants most of the time and the trains to London are already packed most days.

The South East will be grid locked within a decade with thousands upon thousands of new overpriced houses and little employment prospects for the inhabitants.

Still, its HPI that counts, keep pumping them house prices up ,what can possibly go wrong.I'm sure Fungus and Judith Wilson will be rubbing their hands together in anticipation.

do the people who will be living there currently not use doctors, ambulances, hospitals, cars and trains?

if these houses are overpriced and the people are unemployed how are they getting mortgages and deposits or are you complaining about provision of social housing?

ukcarper

CLAPTON wrote: »

do the people who will be living there currently not use doctors, ambulances, hospitals, cars and trains?

if these houses are overpriced and the people are unemployed how are they getting mortgages and deposits or are you complaining about provision of social housing?

Planning has just been approved for 4000 new homes near me I pretty sure they will be sold but I'm also sure they will not bring prices down enough to make rents affordable to low paid people.

Out of interest Clapton have you ever tried to move around the more congested parts of the South East.

CLAPTON

ukcarper wrote: »

Planning has just been approved for 4000 new homes near me I pretty sure they will be sold but I'm also sure they will not bring prices down enough to make rents affordable to low paid people.

no idea where you live
no idea of the prices near you
no idea if these houses are for sale or rent

but no, I wouldn't expect 4,000 to move the general UK market.

low paid people will probably always need state support for their housing needs which should be provided on a needs basis via taxation