Uk has smallest new build properties in the EU

Lets see if you can work out how he makes £2 million plus on his 2500 acres. Per year.
A clue...theres no livestock or saleable crops.

Having some diffs, are we?
 
Redistribution of wealth through the Tax and Benefits system.

From the poor to the rich.

Funnily enough, the system was not designed by the poor.
 
"Uk has smallest new build properties in the EU"

Think "mass immigration" and then join the dots.
 
Since the Netherlands has almost twice the population density we have and much larger properties, it seems a weak link.
until you look at distribution and demand. compare Amsterdam with London. London is 50% more expensive in price to income ratio.
 
until you look at distribution and demand. compare Amsterdam with London. London is 50% more expensive in price to income ratio.
Look, you brought up density not me. I'm not sure how the Netherlands being twice the density of the UK means that their houses need to be 70% bigger (or whatever it is) than ours.
 
60% of the people in the UK live in a 1/3 of the country is that true of the Netherlands?

Only Monaco beats us in Europe
https://www.statista.com/statistics...ial-square-meter-prices-in-eu-28-per-country/

it stands to reason that the more expensive something is, the more demand there is for a smaller cheaper version. I don't think we can infer that UK home owners are somehow being ripped off because new builds are smaller.

Its not like people are forced to buy them.
 
60% of the people in the UK live in a 1/3 of the country is that true of the Netherlands?
I have no idea. Nor would it mean much on its own. If the UK had 10 people in it and 6 of them lived in Scotland it wouldn't make it densely populated.

A quick Google says that 91% of their population is urban Vs our 83%. So more built up than we are, which is kind of a no-show observation.
 
it stands to reason that the more expensive something is, the more demand there is for a smaller cheaper version.

property is used as an investment in this country, rather than a place to live.
demand is kept artificially high by slowing supply with land banking
some government or other chose to flog off council properties, which leaves the private sector who are driven by shareholders profits.
and then there is London where Russian and Chines oligarchs invest huge amounts in buying property.

Some might say small houses are a result of capitalism rather than population density
 
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