The basic problem is that the cost of creating properties has skyrocketed. We have hit an affordability ceiling in a number of areas. Which has shut down further construction. Government can build, b… (View Post)

You are talking about destroying a whole industries - offshoots of the Enquiry Industrial Complex. We are talking whole sectors. Ten of billions of pounds. (View Post)

The basic problem is that the cost of creating properties has skyrocketed. We have hit an affordability ceiling in a number of areas. Which has shut down further construction. Government can build, b… (View Post)

And we have a very low number of vacant properties. (View Post)

The number of empty properties in the UK is far lower than the 8-9% that is generally believed to be part of a functioning property market. The U.K. number is 2-3% (View Post)