tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post541903939258656968..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: "Build homes with smaller rooms so landlords can afford them, Tory housing minister says"Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-18324623939089115572016-10-05T19:49:49.950+01:002016-10-05T19:49:49.950+01:00Why not go the whole hog, like Hong Kong.Why not go the whole hog, like Hong Kong.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-14864581732406393152016-10-05T15:35:16.116+01:002016-10-05T15:35:16.116+01:00If the demand for the lowest value dwellings in a ...If the demand for the lowest value dwellings in a range is really high making the lowest in the range smaller would not make it cheaper anyway.Dinerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14632385731642361211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-71568410439776193122016-10-05T15:03:49.330+01:002016-10-05T15:03:49.330+01:00Thanks and agreed with all the comments.
RM, you ...Thanks and agreed with all the comments.<br /><br />RM, you should't work backwards from land prices - they are a residual figure. If you actually cap rents and house prices (by fair means or foul) then by definition, land prices go down in tandem.<br /><br />So our houses aren't expensive because land is expensive, it is the other way round. And in other countries, land is cheaper because housing is cheaper.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-58465621070500978172016-10-05T14:32:39.546+01:002016-10-05T14:32:39.546+01:00@L
Very true.Theresa May seems to have reverted to...@L<br />Very true.Theresa May seems to have reverted to the old Statist policy of her era at the varsity and is gunning for tax dodgers and their advisors amongst all kinds of other heresies, as if the Chemistry graduate's revolution never happened.DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-21588850248558335092016-10-05T12:05:09.515+01:002016-10-05T12:05:09.515+01:00PS. The problem is that the people who pass Oxbri...PS. The problem is that the people who pass Oxbridge degrees are all trained by the same people with the same flawed philosophies that are really just aimed at getting and keeping power. It's a feedback loop. They train the people who then promote the trainers and fund them and then become the trainers themselves.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-38482298789984990542016-10-05T11:46:02.546+01:002016-10-05T11:46:02.546+01:00"How does the rest of the world provide bigge..."How does the rest of the world provide bigger homes for less money?" Where that's true, it's because land with planning permission is available at far less than the million pounds an acre that it costs in the UK. Ralph Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443857766263185665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-22370301821556915382016-10-05T11:28:44.170+01:002016-10-05T11:28:44.170+01:00Legalise beds in sheds next.
FFS, the PRS has a di...Legalise beds in sheds next.<br />FFS, the PRS has a dismal record in 'innovation' - the worst value private rentals in the world. 'You can get better, but you can't pay moreĀ®'<br />How does the rest of the world provide bigger homes for less money?mombershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650866436764567516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-24439199529245850442016-10-05T10:55:31.949+01:002016-10-05T10:55:31.949+01:00Hasn't he heard of bunk beds? London is alrea...Hasn't he heard of bunk beds? London is already full of HMO's / 'youth hostels' packed with young (and older) people living in bunk beds anyway and has been for years.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-47433938415867643142016-10-05T10:42:43.211+01:002016-10-05T10:42:43.211+01:00in the short term directly increasing land prices ...in the short term directly increasing land prices and in the long term increasing population density and increasing land prices.Dinerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14632385731642361211noreply@blogger.com