Failed housing policy?

[sgtkate]

Selling 2 houses at a profit of £10000 each is better than selling one at a profit of £15000.

Just think about it. Where in the market do things actually work in the way you're suggesting?

 

Diamonds. De Beer's actively buy up as many diamond mines as they can solely so they can control the supply of them to create demand. De Beer's model is risky though, it wouldn't take many mines to destroy their supply and demand numbers and mess it all up.

 

Same as the housing market. A builder *could* not build a house or keep it in the hopes that it's value rises for more profit later on, but there is nothing to guarantee that rise. Bird in the hand and all. Some large home builders could probably afford to take the risk but why would they?

[unbeliever]

Diamonds. De Beer's actively buy up as many diamond mines as they can solely so they can control the supply of them to create demand. De Beer's model is risky though, it wouldn't take many mines to destroy their supply and demand numbers and mess it all up.

 

Same as the housing market. A builder *could* not build a house or keep it in the hopes that it's value rises for more profit later on, but there is nothing to guarantee that rise. Bird in the hand and all. Some large home builders could probably afford to take the risk but why would they?

 

So it occurs in monopolies.

You could also have chosen oil, where OPEC (at least until recently) could effectively game the market.

 

I really don't think there's a monopoly or cartel in house building.

[ez8004]

The Tory government might talk a good talk on housing policy but it really isn't in their interest to detract from the status quo. Social engineering by the backdoor.

[unbeliever]

The Tory government might talk a good talk on housing policy but it really isn't in their interest to detract from the status quo. Social engineering by the backdoor.

 

In the contrary. With Labour self-destructing st every opportunity and in perpetual crisis over Brexit, all their traditional voters are up for grabs.

[apelike]

I really don't think there's a monopoly or cartel in house building.

 

I'm not so sure about that in Sheffield. SCC have entered into a partnership with Keepmoat and Greater Places Housing and set up a housing company. That company then gets its land from SCC to build houses on but that land is not tendered out to others. In a sense that housing company is working like a monopoly in that it is restricting competition from others.

[The Joker]

In the contrary. With Labour self-destructing st every opportunity and in perpetual crisis over Brexit, all their traditional voters are up for grabs.

 

The Tories aren't gonna fight for our votes, they've made that perfectly clear. Their priorities are dahn saaf.

[sgtkate]

So it occurs in monopolies.

You could also have chosen oil, where OPEC (at least until recently) could effectively game the market.

 

I really don't think there's a monopoly or cartel in house building.

 

Me neither, but you asked for where it happens.

 

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I'm not so sure about that in Sheffield. SCC have entered into a partnership with Keepmoat and Greater Places Housing and set up a housing company. That company then gets its land from SCC to build houses on but that land is not tendered out to others. In a sense that housing company is working like a monopoly in that it is restricting competition from others.

 

That's interesting. Do you have a link?

[the_bloke]

Here you go.

 

New report shows immigration from outside Europe over the Labour government years cost the public purse billions of pounds, while recent migration from inside Europe generated a £4 billion surplus

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11209234/Immigration-from-outside-Europe-cost-120-billion.html

 

Sorry its a Torygraph link.

 

One day someone will release some post 2011 figures using the same assumptions and calculations as that study; good chance it won't paint such a pretty picture. A more recent study suggests that contributions slump when you include migrants from more recent EU countries.

 

https://fullfact.org/immigration/do-eu-immigrants-contribute-134-every-1-they-receive/

[ez8004]

Everyone seems to be blaming immigrants for constraining housing supply. The same immigrants for suppressing salaries in the jobs market. When will you losers admit that you fail at life and therefore can't get a well paid enough job to afford your own home. Owning your own home is by no means a right it is earned.

[ricgem2002]

Everyone seems to be blaming immigrants for constraining housing supply. The same immigrants for suppressing salaries in the jobs market. When will you losers admit that you fail at life and therefore can't get a well paid enough job to afford your own home. Owning your own home is by no means a right it is earned.

so companies only paying minimum wage/ wages topped up with benefits and banks not lending to these people has nothing to do with it eh:huh: