Why So Few Houses For Sale?

Yes, conditions in this country favour the home buyer, to the point where now it is cheaper to pay a mortgage than rent. Part of a cultural shift towards a new-model two-nation state: the majority paying rent to a property owning minority. This refines the old model where the privileged prospered off the the labour of the masses, towards a state where the masses pay the privileged simply for breathing in and out.

you don't want any houses for sale in the East Midlands, we have it good regarding immigrant numbers let it stay that way

s.kenbo 14 Feb 15 21:54 Joined: 05 Aug 12 | Topic/replies: 4,925 | Blogger: s.kenbo's blog
It's funny you say that, I'm in Loughborough and the missus was just looking on Rightmove at bungalows in the area for sale, there was only three listed in our kind of price range and two of them were on the same street.

Mate i'm from Loughborough originally and my Dad still lives there just off Park Road. The houses around there are mainly occupied by people aged 50+ with some being much older and gradually they pass on, the house then becomes up for sale usually needing a fair bit of work as the previous elderly occupant didn't do any diy for years.
It seems that the same crew are snapping up these houses with a fixed plan of limited refurbishment then letting them out. It is happening time and time again. You would have to be quick to snap one of these properties up and even then i suspect their "mates" are the estate agents.

Depressing report. Rings true.

every year.

Jesus?

Asian is this the same as BBC speak Asian = Pakistani.As the landlords around my area are mostly Pakistani people.

What a wonderful situation to have an Asian for a landlord in your own country.
It makes you proud to be British.

That's socialism for you.

I think it's surely just local if you aren't seeing much for sale. I've not noticed it myself.
I'm sure I read the other day now is a good time to buy. Not sure about that myself.

The worry, re property, is that apparently so many have mortgaged themselves to the hilt. Interest rates are at a ridiculous low and people are used to it, when they eventually go back up, I think buyers will be getting bargains as poor sods homes are auctioned off as they can't afford the payments, and prices drop as supply goes up and demand down?

Deflation - your debts increase. Bad luck if you bought high, and most are debtors. The whole system is insane - trying to postpone the apocalypse.  The longer you leave it, the bigger the ****-storm  becomes.  Unless we have a World War - which is where I came in.

And those Asian businessmen?  They have the deep pockets of family/clan behind them?  And you?

Is there anyone out there that does't think the property market won't go tits up and a lot of people will have done their money?

Then, those renting will be the smug ones.

just a question for the smug ones in londion especialy how do you fund your renting when your retired,40 years of sky high rents behind you and maybe another 25,30 yrs to find,nowt to be smug about

This is the new socialist dawn we all voted for in 1997.
They're taking us back to the thirties.

And if everybody keeps voting for free stuff and self serving politicians it's going to continue.
We need a nationalistic government that looks after its own instead of the rest of the world.

Any suggestions?

Dr C the world has changed and it is better to stop thinking in nationalistic terms. Best not to even consider yourself British. Do not vote or take any part in the countries affairs and attempt to make as much money and pay as little tax as possible...first and foremost reset thoughts that this country has any claim on you.

I think one of the biggest factors leading to social problems in society in modern times has been the high amount of buy to lets. When I was a boy I lived in a council estate where everybody knew everybody and because families lived in the same house for years there was a far better sense of community. Nowadays many of the houses on these same estates are owned by buy to let landlords and tenants come and go all the time. Its just takes one or two bad families to bring an area down and I speak with first hand experience.

^^and bought some BTLs with their savings.

you could get a flat in southern spain for just over a 10th of that howdi.

the problem i have with landords (by to lets) is they have helped push up the prices which in turn has raised rents.

its gotten silly as some people working full time have to claim housing benefit which adds to the country's debt.
the uk is ion a vicious circle right now which has to be broken or it will fall behind europe when they pick up.

mp's dont want to damage their own wealth so they wont do what needs to be done.


id tax buying second properties say 20% ont he value...plus 40% on profits from rent.....plus have a rent capping system per council borough and if a person got evicted the council then HAS to house them....this would stop most corruption or leaning on.
id tax non eu citizens buying property here 25% on the value...this would get money from rich russians or chinese who help fuel the market in london and cause a knock on effect in surrounding areas.

id also consider a new state building scheme / regeneration scheme.
where the smaller profits go to state coffers rather than letting foreign building companies profiteer from their schemes.

bbc 2 mayfair in london counted as a good area watch how the rich and famous mingle with 1000,s in social housing in mayfairs distruict of london, so think you need to rephrase so called poor or good area,s, obviously the torys and boris ethnic cleansing of the capital will make it easier to tell