Tories say they'll build lots of houses and sell them at a discount to FTB

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Carl31 wrote: »

I am really starting to think about voting UKIP, for no other reason than I am getting fed up with the repeated BS that the other parties keep churning out - none of them ever get it right, too many vested interests

Then I present to you......

Andrew Charalambous, UKIP housing spokesman.

UKIP’S housing spokesman is making a fortune off migrant tenants on benefits – despite Nigel Farage calling for a ban on foreigners claiming welfare.

Multi-millionaire landlord Andrew Charalambous has pocketed £745,351 in housing benefit from occupants, who he admits include immigrants.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ukip-housing-spokesman-trousering-fortune-3175130#ixzz3EW3cuueA

Thrugelmir

antrobus wrote: »

Tories say they'll build lots of houses and sell them at a discount to FTB?

Is there an election coming up any time soon or something?

At least it's a tangible policy. That has broader benefits to the economy. Better than politicians directly meddling in business affairs.

antrobus

Thrugelmir wrote: »

At least it's a tangible policy. That has broader benefits to the economy. Better than politicians directly meddling in business affairs.

Well it's certainly more 'tangible' than some vague promise to hit some target for house building at some point in the future.

BobQ

CLAPTON wrote: »

The details are as usual unclear:
there doesn't actually seem to be a subsidy as such : it's just that commercial development land is usually cheaper than residential zoned land and there will be no section 106 costs and apparently global warming isn't a problem anymore so the 'zero carbon' requirement is suspended.


So basically builders will get cheap land (because landlords will obviously sell it cheaply) and obviously builders will sell the finished product more cheaply.

Does not seem to work with energy.

CLAPTON

Thrugelmir wrote: »

At least it's a tangible policy. That has broader benefits to the economy. Better than politicians directly meddling in business affairs.

as I understand it, the Government has no plans to build even a single house


doesn't seem much of a policy

Carl31

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Then I present to you......

Andrew Charalambous, UKIP housing spokesman.




http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ukip-housing-spokesman-trousering-fortune-3175130#ixzz3EW3cuueA

You just can't win

CLAPTON

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Then I present to you......

Andrew Charalambous, UKIP housing spokesman.




http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ukip-housing-spokesman-trousering-fortune-3175130#ixzz3EW3cuueA

as a matter of interest, would it be illegal to discriminate against immigrants?
no dogs or Irish maybe?

cepheus

So someone just past the threshold age won't qualify, why not band the discount, between 30 and 50?

Who will wish to repurchase these noisy, cold, expensive to run houses? Are they simply worth 20% less?

The regulations aren't strongly enough adhered to as they are. I own a 'starter home' in the SE and neighbour noise is a nightmare unless people in the adjoined houses are considerate. What do you reckon happens, if young people with children move in, no sleep for anyone. They nickname these early 1980s properties 'Thatcher' houses, thrown up for political reasons just like this new set.

Surely the core problem is that housing is far too expensive, and borrowed money far to cheap? We need to ensure there are more houses on the market, too many second homes and not enough shared ownership.

Bantex_2

Bung up IRs, restrict immigration and make BTL a poor investment and young people would be able to afford houses.

the_flying_pig

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

There must be.

Now they're also offering cheap rent to young people so they can save up for deposits.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2771380/20-cent-home-Tories-offer-time-buyers-40-special-discount.html#ixzz3EVvIcdmm

Honestly, this nonsense is getting out of hand, it's like something out of 'Yes Minister'.

- Government has knee jerk reaction to global financial crisis and implements overly strict new mortgage lending rules to 'fix' a non-problem as UK mortgage lending wasn't the cause to begin with..

- Government later realises those onerous new rules restrict sensible, prudent and historically normal mortgage lending and prevents millions of people from buying.

-Government then implements various new schemes to bypass the new lending rules which are preventing millions of people from buying as the situation has become politically unsustainable.

For heavens sake, just admit you were wrong, lift the lending restrictions, and get lending back to normal....

All this tinkering around the edges simply will not work.

that's, er, one, albeit fairly unique, way of looking at it.

another would be that HTB has already removed the requirement for a meaningful deposit but that there's also a need for something to move a bit on, er price.