When you post things like "my 49 year old has a house" as a retort to a discussion that house prices are making housing unaffordable for too many today then that is demeaning to the million… (View Post)

Yes it is. 49 is a generation past people who should be looking for homes today, 25 years ago is a totally different era. 25 years ago the average house price in Wales was £51k - to compare 25 years … (View Post)

Wages haven't even doubled since 2000, yes, whereas house prices have more than tripled. What part of that are you not getting? To scale from £18,800 to £35,800 wages house prices today should b… (View Post)

We could since the issue is not building costs. In the 1930s when housing construction outpaced anything ever seen post-war land cost about 2% of the price of a house. Today land costs about 1/3rd of… (View Post)

No I abhor the ban, just as I abhor the ban on onshore wind, or prohibitions on change of use of land. Let people do what they want with their own land. If its not productive, they won't do it, … (View Post)