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The BBC is making a programme about property and people who face decisions and difficulties because of changes in the current economic climate. They'd like to speak to people who feel they cannot afford to buy property because the prices are too high. Perhaps you are waiting for prices to fall.

If you are interested in taking to us, please call your email PROPERTY and send it to: Dinkesh.Miesuria@bbc.co.uk

PricedOut.org.uk

PricedOut.org.uk is the national campaign for affordable house prices and is actively lobbying the government to:

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Ratio of averge UK house prices to average earnings 1970-2007
Ratio of averge UK house prices to average earnings 1970-2007
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Petition
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/landlordspaytax/

This petition is now closed.  In total 319 signatures agreed with the petition statement:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Remove all tax incentives and bonuses that property investors currently enjoy.

The phenomenal rise in popularity of Buy-to-Let investment and other types of residential investment is a significant contributor to house price inflation. There is now an obscene divide between people who own property as investment and those priced out of home owner-occupation and the security that brings them and their families. Tax breaks on property investment only add to this economic disparity and must be removed as a minimum step towards levelling the playing field.

Read the response to this petition, issued by the Prime Minister's office here.

A similar petition here runs until July 2008.
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Today we obtained a rare unspun glimpse into government housing policy through leaked documents from the current Government Housing Minister fall gal... Caroline Flint MP. Read on to find out more...
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Prescott blames the banks for the housing boom
PricedOut By PricedOut on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:08:11 GMT

John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, has accused Britain's "greedy" banks and building societies of destabilising the economy by fuelling the boom in house prices over the last 10 years.

In an interview with Property Week published today, Prescott said the UK banks had abused the benign economy conditions of the last decade.

So what was he doing for the last 5 years while this was happening? He was coming up with flawed shared ownership schemes and so-called affordable

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Fall in 'over-inflated' house prices inevitable - By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Daily Telegraph - 13/01/2008
PricedOut By PricedOut on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:43:58 GMT
House prices in Britain are the most over-inflated in the world and a fall in the value of homes is inevitable, leading economists have warned.
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