Failed housing policy?

[the_bloke]

If you actually read the notes on that ONS report, it's guesswork based on the figures people supply as earnings.

[El Cid]

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One in three new build properties outside London were bought through a flagship scheme for first-time buyers, must really have helped the housing market keep moving.

[apelike]

That seems exceedingly dodgy. Can the council legally give commercial rights to land without a tender process?

 

They can but only under specific circumstances.

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508307/160316_Land_disposal_guidance.pdf

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disposal-of-land-for-less-than-the-best-consideration-that-can-reasonably-be-obtained-circular-06-2003

[ez8004]

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One in three new build properties outside London were bought through a flagship scheme for first-time buyers, must really have helped the housing market keep moving.

 

Doing well in keeping prices up which is good for the market.

[El Cid]

Doing well in keeping prices up which is good for the market.

 

Whether its houses or washing powder, the Government should stay out of influencing the price.