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On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 17:44:57 -0000, "tim....."
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On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 11:56:10 -0000, "tim....."
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Wouldn't think of shooting you for one moment Tim. I agree with your
diagnosis. I disagree with your treatment plan.

Government should set the rules and regulate. Private industry can
always do a better job.

But it can't.

We can't say to the private sector "We want you to build 2 million
houses
"tout suite", and release them all onto the market at the same time in
order
to push the average selling price for these houses down from 300K to
200K
(other price bands are available)

There is no silver bullet. It will take time for the free market to
find its equilibrium.

well yes

that is why I said they were failing to solve it.

It will take a big crash with a lot of casualties to get back to
equilibrium. I thought 2007 was it, but no the Tories managed to magic up
a
new boom (as the only way that they were going to get re-elected)

The socialist Gordon Brown was in office in 2007.

I know

I wasn't referring to GB saving the world

I was referring to the magical rabbit that the Tories pulled out of the hat
in revamping the housing market in 2013. (After the initial dip it had been
flat as a pancake for 5 years)

Up until then, they were odds on to lose the next election

High rises are the pits.

You think so?

Sure.

The high rise units going up in Battersea have no shortage of buyers.
Your taste is not universally shared.

Let me emphasize high rise living is not for families of five. They
are for singles and couples whose children have grown.

Even to these demographics they are less than desirable if they are not very
well kept.

And they are impossible to escape from if there's a fire :-(

tim