Analysis: Right to Buy 2.0 is an Unmitigated Disaster
Ell Folan
Boris Johnson’s bright idea for winning back young voters is only going to deepen their misery, writes Ell Folan.
Tag: housing market
Opinion: Older Generations Can’t Deal With the Fact They’ve Had It Easy
Aaron Bastani
When Kirstie Allsopp bought her house, the average house price was £51,000 – today it’s £270,000. Still, writes Aaron Bastani, older people must castigate the young or risk losing something precious: victimhood.
Opinion: Of Course Kirstie Allsopp Believes the Housing Market Is Meritocratic – How Else Could She Justify Her Extravagant Wealth?
Perry Blankson
The Location, Location, Location presenter reckons millennials are just a cancelled few Netflix subscriptions away from homeownership. What aristocratic dreamworld is she inhabiting, asks Perry Blankson.
GE2019: Why on Earth Shouldn’t People Be Able to Be Billionaires?
Grace Blakeley
BBC radio host Emma Barnett reacted with scornful disbelief on Thursday, when Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle argued that nobody in the UK should be a billionaire. Economist Grace Blakeley explains why Barnett is wrong to peddle the myth that the mega rich contribute to this country.
IMOBastani: The Housing Market Is Rigged
In the past forty years the average home has increased in value by 43 times. With wages failing to keep it up that means more and more people are renting.
False Sense of Securities: The Financialisation of the Housing Market
Tom Feary
Blame for London’s shortage of affordable housing tends to be directed towards greedy developers or exploitative foreign cash buyers who leave luxury flats vacant all year round. These actors, however, are part of a much wider process of the financialisation of the housing market.