PricedOut.org.uk is the national campaign for affordable house prices and is actively lobbying the government to:
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Gordon Brown, 1997 Budget Speech. Gordon ignores the question... Question to Gordon Gordon's Answer
Letter Writing guidance
Housing Ministers John Healey (Labour) Grant Shapps (Conservatives) Sarah Teather (Lib Dem)
Your MP TheyWorkForYou.com WriteToThem.com
Committee Communities and Local Government Committee
The British disease of paying too much for houses hasn't been cured and the estate agents etc. are trying to get the boom times back with the help of the property pornsters. If you've had enough of not being able to afford your own home, please help our campaign and volunteer your time and ideas. Contact katy@pricedout.org.uk if you'd like to help us.
After Yvette Cooper, Caroline Flint and Margaret Beckett there is another new Housing Minister -John Healey. The question must be asked, why no continuity in the housing job? Does the government take the post seriously?
All private landlords would have to be registered before letting residential property under government plans to curb abuses in the growing rental market. PricedOut supports any move to make landlords more responsible to their tenants and discourage speculative investment in buy to let.
Property is inflexible and illiquid: you can't get your money out at short notice or in small amounts. Property is not tax-efficient: you will have to pay income tax on the rent and capital gains tax when you sell. Property is not easy to manage: tenants can and will contact you in the middle of the night or when you are on holiday to sort out plumbing problems or a lost key. But if you employ an agent to make life easier, you will reduce your rental income.
Recent reports have shown confusion in the direction of house prices. As this article says. don't be fooled by any small upward movements in prices. Remember that after several years of house pirce inflation, the public psyche is condition to expect house price hyperinflation. The last five or so years have put massive pressure on people to buy at any cost for fear of losing out. The resulting house price bubble cost us all dearly. Don't be pressured into buying yet, prices have further to fall.
House prices are falling