tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post8234382311124662486..comments2024-03-27T06:42:31.956+00:00Comments on Mark Brinkley (aka House 2.0): The Affordability DebateMark Brinkleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03473684038478246288noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-62692461380791233002007-06-29T13:20:00.000+01:002007-06-29T13:20:00.000+01:00The simplest way of tackling the problem would be ...The simplest way of tackling the problem would be for the owners of buildings, whether single family homes or multiple occupancy to pay the council tax, and double it for those who own more than one building or flat. Eliminate the exemptions to just one, estate undergoing probate. Everyone enjoys the 'benefits' or civilization, so everyone pays, but the owner pays. Incorporate it into the rent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-51624197486912144212007-06-21T17:38:00.000+01:002007-06-21T17:38:00.000+01:00Tax land based on its economic usefulness, whether...Tax land based on its economic usefulness, whether it has buildings on it or not, the same would be paid. <BR/><BR/>Houses depreciate, land appreciates. Limited supply of land.<BR/><BR/>However, in my view, land prices (especially important for self-build) have suffered from speculation.<BR/><BR/>House prices have also risen, but probably at a lower rate.<BR/><BR/>Rents have barely risen, and Robbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514812153956047901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-68407710386536519082007-06-18T16:11:00.000+01:002007-06-18T16:11:00.000+01:00Ben,It's a fair point but tax relief is not the sa...Ben,<BR/><BR/>It's a fair point but tax relief is not the same thing as a tax break. Tax relief on business finance is a given, throughout the business world: finance costs are treated as just ANOther business cost. <BR/><BR/>That's not to say that tax relief on buy-to-lets could not or should not be removed, but that would doubly penalise the buy-to-letters because they would still be expected Mark Brinkleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473684038478246288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-91997559337201155852007-06-18T13:40:00.000+01:002007-06-18T13:40:00.000+01:00" I am struggling to think of buy-to-let tax break..." I am struggling to think of buy-to-let tax breaks. I don’t think there are any, unlike the family home, which enjoys the status of a mini-tax haven, thanks to the miracle of Principle Private Residence Relief."<BR/><BR/>Presumably, tax relief via deductible mortgage repayments?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-12517473117687861172007-06-13T21:11:00.000+01:002007-06-13T21:11:00.000+01:00Ian,>So calling for the building of at least half ...Ian,<BR/><BR/>>So calling for the building of at least half a million homes a year, and demanding the freedom to build on farmland are two aims of Audacity. <BR/><BR/>I would have been a fully paid up member up until quite recently. Not sure where my epiphany occurred but, to quote JM Keynes, "When the facts change, I change my mind." And the facts have changed. The problem you address is still Mark Brinkleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473684038478246288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-907260020612253272007-06-13T20:41:00.000+01:002007-06-13T20:41:00.000+01:00MarkMy arse is too big for that little off-the-hip...Mark<BR/><BR/>My arse is too big for that little off-the-hip number, but not big enough to insert head into.<BR/><BR/>Stop worrying that your children might want to bump you off so that they can get on the housing ladder before immigrants buy up the little bits of Britain we're still allowed to build on.<BR/><BR/>Have a look at www.audacity.org\IA-23-04-07.htm<BR/><BR/>The "housing market Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-17688896777208718722007-06-13T16:05:00.000+01:002007-06-13T16:05:00.000+01:00Well thankyou Ian. You ranting is even worse than ...Well thankyou Ian. You ranting is even worse than mine!<BR/><BR/>The funny thing is I don't really disagree with your prognosis of the problem, the nationalisation of land use back in 1947. Where I differ now is in the solution. We can't set the clock back to 1947 as the world is now a very different place. <BR/><BR/>The question is what are you hoping to achieve now by having a mass Mark Brinkleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473684038478246288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-31388241191533850022007-06-13T15:39:00.000+01:002007-06-13T15:39:00.000+01:00Mark,You've missed the point that Martin Pawley un...Mark,<BR/><BR/>You've missed the point that Martin Pawley understood only too well in his "Home Ownership" of 1978, published by Architectural Press.<BR/> <BR/>By the 1970s the housing market in Britain was about the trade in the existing stock, and not about the demand for and supply of new housing. You are honest enough to recognise that it is your generation that is now taking the market in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com