Why are house prices still so high?

Malthusian

lisyloo wrote: »

I think there will be a problem if there isn’t already - we already have a shortage of nurses - which I’m not claiming is entirely down to housing.

It's 0% down to housing. We have a shortage of nurses because we have a healthcare system that political diktat says is free, high-quality and universal. This creates infinite demand for nurses which means there will always be a shortage of nurses.

phillw

Malthusian wrote: »

It's 0% down to housing. We have a shortage of nurses because we have a healthcare system that political diktat says is free, high-quality and universal. This creates infinite demand for nurses which means there will always be a shortage of nurses.

We also don't like training nurses because it costs money, it's cheaper to import them from abroad

Goldman2020

How is housing made accessible in the rest of Europe and is there a European model for housing we could follow?

phillw

Goldman2020 wrote: »

How is housing made accessible in the rest of Europe and is there a European model for housing we could follow?

A lot of people rent, but don't seem to get all uptight about it.
There is more land, we are quite a tiny island.

Margaret Thatcher breaking the unions and selling off council houses is probably has a lot to do with it.

Thrugelmir

Malthusian wrote: »

It's 0% down to housing. We have a shortage of nurses because we have a healthcare system that political diktat says is free, high-quality and universal. This creates infinite demand for nurses which means there will always be a shortage of nurses.

1 in 8 of the working population. Are now engaged in activities relating to the healthcare system. Not everyones cup of tea as an occupation.

Thrugelmir

phillw wrote: »

Margaret Thatcher breaking the unions

Thank goodness. Complete wasters at a local level. Back then flew the red flag as well......

phillw

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Thank goodness. Complete wasters at a local level. Back then flew the red flag as well......

You know it's possible for their to be a battle where both sides are bad right? We don't live in the Marvel Universe where people are either good or evil.

Unions were bad, Margaret Thatcher breaking the unions was bad.

Theresa May thinks she's in a rerun of that, in a way she is but she's not Margaret Thatcher. She somehow ended up playing the ideologically uncompromising unions.

AG47

The worst thing that could ever happen now is an even longer extension. This will make the HPC even more than 35% and take longer to hit bottom and start he next up move. It could be several years falling house prices until the next cycle.

To extend the uncertainty would be devastating. Far better to just have no deal on April 12 take the pain and en get on with healing. Then only a 35% crash in property, or no even hat, instead of falling property for years and years due to the fallout from the uncertainty.

Pull the band aid off in one painful move then work on building trade deals, of which many are already in place.

Taking months more, or even years as some are suggesting will not only prolong the pain but make it much worse at the end of the extension.

It's going to be very very hard times for many, why not just rip the bandaid off no and then get over the pain instead of extending it and making it worse....

chucknorris

AG47 wrote: »

The worst thing that could ever happen now is an even longer extension. This will make the HPC even more than 35% and take longer to hit bottom and start he next up move. It could be several years falling house prices until the next cycle.

To extend the uncertainty would be devastating. Far better to just have no deal on April 12 take the pain and en get on with healing. Then only a 35% crash in property, or no even hat, instead of falling property for years and years due to the fallout from the uncertainty.

Pull the band aid off in one painful move then work on building trade deals, of which many are already in place.

Taking months more, or even years as some are suggesting will not only prolong the pain but make it much worse at the end of the extension.

It's going to be very very hard times for many, why not just rip the bandaid off no and then get over the pain instead of extending it and making it worse....

Are we all doomed? (yet again)

jay213

phillw wrote: »

A lot of people rent, but don't seem to get all uptight about it.
There is more land, we are quite a tiny island.

Margaret Thatcher breaking the unions and selling off council houses is probably has a lot to do with it.

They also pay a lot less and have more rights.