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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
Probably. Sounds like the sort of thing they'd do.
The Chinese like to buy new builds and leave them empty, from what I've been lead to believe.
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Originally posted by vetran View PostForeign owners= multiple council tax bills.
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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
Probably. Sounds like the sort of thing they'd do.
The Guardian article is from 2014 - https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ions-hampstead
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
The Chinese like to buy new builds and leave them empty, from what I've been lead to believe.Last edited by SueEllen; 2 May 2023, 15:29.
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
Didn't The Guardian release some drone pictures of decaying houses in prime London hotspots? As their owners let the houses rot rather than get someone - anyone - to live in them.
The Chinese like to buy new builds and leave them empty, from what I've been lead to believe.
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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
Although not much of a deterrent if you're loaded. Even the potential four times premium for empty property doesn't seem to do much.
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostI was under the impression that the Help to Buy scheme wasn't all that great? I was never eligible for it so don't know if it's true.
Further housing inflation isn't what's needed. Whilst it will be painful for many, a wholesale price reset is what's needed but the BoE and HMT seem hell bent on propping up the housing market at all costs.
However, I am concerned that should prices fall, it'll just be overseas buyers snapping up the property unless something is legislated to restrict overseas property ownership
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
Yep as above 20% house price inflation, spending £1/4 million on a one bed flat. Luckily the government pays housing benefit!
#BuildMoreHouses
More houses = cheaper prices.
Foreign owners= multiple council tax bills.
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostI was under the impression that the Help to Buy scheme wasn't all that great? I was never eligible for it so don't know if it's true.
Further housing inflation isn't what's needed. Whilst it will be painful for many, a wholesale price reset is what's needed but the BoE and HMT seem hell bent on propping up the housing market at all costs.
However, I am concerned that should prices fall, it'll just be overseas buyers snapping up the property unless something is legislated to restrict overseas property ownership
#BuildMoreHouses
More houses = cheaper prices.
Foreign owners= multiple council tax bills.
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostI was under the impression that the Help to Buy scheme wasn't all that great? I was never eligible for it so don't know if it's true.
Originally posted by ladymuck View PostFurther housing inflation isn't what's needed. Whilst it will be painful for many, a wholesale price reset is what's needed but the BoE and HMT seem hell bent on propping up the housing market at all costs.
However, I am concerned that should prices fall, it'll just be overseas buyers snapping up the property unless something is legislated to restrict overseas property ownership
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I was under the impression that the Help to Buy scheme wasn't all that great? I was never eligible for it so don't know if it's true.
Further housing inflation isn't what's needed. Whilst it will be painful for many, a wholesale price reset is what's needed but the BoE and HMT seem hell bent on propping up the housing market at all costs.
However, I am concerned that should prices fall, it'll just be overseas buyers snapping up the property unless something is legislated to restrict overseas property ownership
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Dying last breath of the dying Tory party. Feck 'em (and I am not a traditional Labour voter ).
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