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Housing
Nov 2, 2016 10:57:54 GMT
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Post by britsabroad on Nov 2, 2016 10:57:54 GMT
Tax the hell out of second homes and foreigners buying property. The baby boomers are sitting on all this wealth accumulated through decades of cheap finance and keeping the younger generations locked out. My parents earned 10k between them and paid 20k for their first house. If they did that in 2016 they'd earn 20k and have to pay 200k. It's the same the world over but the UK refuses to even admit there's a problem. That'll ever happen and it shouldn't. Why penalise the private sector of an industry that has been let down by successive Governments? Two different things. Private landlords are coming under the microscope because of the lack of local authority houses. Let me guess... you're a 50/60 something who bought a house decades ago and has seen it rocket in value without you lifting a finger? Lack of local authority housing and the price of houses are separate issues.
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Post by rogerjonesisgod on Nov 2, 2016 11:46:41 GMT
That'll ever happen and it shouldn't. Why penalise the private sector of an industry that has been let down by successive Governments? Two different things. Private landlords are coming under the microscope because of the lack of local authority houses. Let me guess... you're a 50/60 something who bought a house decades ago and has seen it rocket in value without you lifting a finger? Lack of local authority housing and the price of houses are separate issues. It's like suggesting that people should pay double the amount of road tax for a second car. Why? Each car or house has it's own taxes. Income tax to get the cash to buy the thing, stamp duty and corporation tax on sales. Not to mention higher interest rates on second and third mortgages. Let me guess...... you're a 20/30 something who's renting abroad and have seen house prices rocket in the UK and somehow think the country owes you a favour? Or in this case a house Why penalise certain people for the failure of Government. Lack of local authority housing and the rising price of houses are two different things but there is a link in that if certain house prices had stayed low then the lack of new local authority houses wouldn't be so much of a problem. If local authority houses had been built then rising house prices wouldn't be so much of a problem. Property and landowners want to sell to developers who build for the private sector because of higher profits. Let the private sector be the private sector. Successive Government's should have provided social housing. Government paid, Government built, Government housing.
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Housing
Nov 2, 2016 14:35:13 GMT
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Post by britsabroad on Nov 2, 2016 14:35:13 GMT
Let me guess... you're a 50/60 something who bought a house decades ago and has seen it rocket in value without you lifting a finger? Lack of local authority housing and the price of houses are separate issues. It's like suggesting that people should pay double the amount of road tax for a second car. Why? Each car or house has it's own taxes. Income tax to get the cash to buy the thing, stamp duty and corporation tax on sales. Not to mention higher interest rates on second and third mortgages. Let me guess...... you're a 20/30 something who's renting abroad and have seen house prices rocket in the UK and somehow think the country owes you a favour? Or in this case a house Why penalise certain people for the failure of Government. Lack of local authority housing and the rising price of houses are two different things but there is a link in that if certain house prices had stayed low then the lack of new local authority houses wouldn't be so much of a problem. If local authority houses had been built then rising house prices wouldn't be so much of a problem. Property and landowners want to sell to developers who build for the private sector because of higher profits. Let the private sector be the private sector. Successive Government's should have provided social housing. Government paid, Government built, Government housing. That's a yes, then.
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Post by rogerjonesisgod on Nov 2, 2016 15:11:17 GMT
It's like suggesting that people should pay double the amount of road tax for a second car. Why? Each car or house has it's own taxes. Income tax to get the cash to buy the thing, stamp duty and corporation tax on sales. Not to mention higher interest rates on second and third mortgages. Let me guess...... you're a 20/30 something who's renting abroad and have seen house prices rocket in the UK and somehow think the country owes you a favour? Or in this case a house Why penalise certain people for the failure of Government. Lack of local authority housing and the rising price of houses are two different things but there is a link in that if certain house prices had stayed low then the lack of new local authority houses wouldn't be so much of a problem. If local authority houses had been built then rising house prices wouldn't be so much of a problem. Property and landowners want to sell to developers who build for the private sector because of higher profits. Let the private sector be the private sector. Successive Government's should have provided social housing. Government paid, Government built, Government housing. That's a yes, then. What? That you're a 20/30 something? Mate you've no idea about my circumstances. But keep guessing.
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Post by mtrstudent on Nov 8, 2016 3:42:24 GMT
I'd be fucking grateful for a shipping container to call my very own. And it should be your unalienable right to buy land and stick one on it. Perfect solution. When you sell the land and move take it with you. Go for it I've been looking into it for when I come back tbh mate but I'm not having much luck. I dunno where I'll end up working, but the likely places are at best at the limit of my price range. £150k is the cheapest I've seen but £250k is more typical for a house-sized plot. Looks like I've got to read up on planning permission and that, you got any advice?
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Housing
Nov 8, 2016 22:00:31 GMT
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Post by andrewguk on Nov 8, 2016 22:00:31 GMT
Solution: Repurposed shipping containers. Spot on. Living in one wouldn't bother me. We had a static caravan in Somerset a few years ago, I could've happily lived full time in that, I told the missus as much, she said I could happily live in a cave Spent years sharing messdecks on ships, most things are an improvement to be fair. Me & the Mrs would like to retire to the South West living in a static caravan. Not a problem for me at all.
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Housing
Nov 8, 2016 23:04:51 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Nov 8, 2016 23:04:51 GMT
Spot on. Living in one wouldn't bother me. We had a static caravan in Somerset a few years ago, I could've happily lived full time in that, I told the missus as much, she said I could happily live in a cave :D Spent years sharing messdecks on ships, most things are an improvement to be fair. Me & the Mrs would like to retire to the South West living in a static caravan. Not a problem for me at all. Don't blame you mate. Some restrict the use so there's about 3 months in the winter where you can't use them, something to do with council licences I think, could be wrong. Easy solution is to do a cheap long term rental in the Med anyway :) Each to his own but I can't for the life of me see the attraction of a big house snd garden unless you can afford staff :D
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Post by rogerjonesisgod on Nov 23, 2016 20:34:32 GMT
Autumn statement.......
A ban on letting agents charging fees to renters.
£2.3 billion for a new Housing Infrastructure Fund will be used for projects such as roads and water connections that will support the construction of up to 100,000 new homes in the areas where they are needed most.
£1.4 billion will be used to provide 40,000 new affordable homes, including some for shared ownership and some for affordable rent.
£1.7 billion will be used to speed up the construction of new homes on public sector land.
I would have liked the 40,000 figure doubled. Also, 40,000 homes in what time frame?
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Post by mtrstudent on Nov 24, 2016 4:16:13 GMT
Autumn statement....... A ban on letting agents charging fees to renters. £2.3 billion for a new Housing Infrastructure Fund will be used for projects such as roads and water connections that will support the construction of up to 100,000 new homes in the areas where they are needed most. £1.4 billion will be used to provide 40,000 new affordable homes, including some for shared ownership and some for affordable rent. £1.7 billion will be used to speed up the construction of new homes on public sector land. I would have liked the 40,000 figure doubled. Also, 40,000 homes in what time frame? Looks to be 40,000 this parliament, which is little better than a spit in the eye when we need more like a couple of million. But the government's priority doesn't seem to be the young workers that'd be properly helped out by this. The last "triple lock" is going to shift about £30 bn from today's workers to pensioners this parliament. Keeping the triple lock until 2020 is going to make that number much bigger. Could you imagine the government stumping up more than £30 bn to build houses and help out desperate young workers who can't find somewhere affordable to live?
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Post by rogerjonesisgod on Nov 24, 2016 8:56:44 GMT
Yes I think the Government would of loved to have revised down to a 'double lock' only. It looks like a political decision not to U-turn on a recent promise. I would have. The third lock is unnecessary.
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Post by santy on Nov 24, 2016 9:09:24 GMT
One of the biggest problems to new houses is surely the fact that its considered a perfectly fine to object on the basis that more homes in your area can decrease the value of your own home. There's an awful lot of people invested in there being a perpetual shortage of decent housing being available in areas.
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Post by rogerjonesisgod on Jan 5, 2017 9:03:57 GMT
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Post by Northy on Jan 5, 2017 9:33:04 GMT
I saw the news last week about the incentive towards the new flat pack housing, hopefully this is a great way to go to get lots of affordable housing built. 7 new factories dotted around the country. lets hope Stoke council are onto this like a jock on a dropped £5 note, and are already bidding the government to get one into the Stoke area for much needed jobs.
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