Pensioner incomes - intra-generational inequalities
There is much in the news about the triple lock and the state pension with some commentators suggesting that the additional cost of...
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ALTERNATIVE CORNWALL -AN ANALYSIS
rpwills
- Sep 9, 2023
- 2 min
Cornwall 6.9% of land is developed or is it?
Data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities(DLUCH} for 2022 suggests that developed land accounts for 6.9% of the...
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rpwills
- Aug 31, 2023
- 1 min
Malpas housing – why luxury dwellings?
A planning proposal in Malpas has generated controversy. The application is for 8 dwellings by Stephens and Stephens in an old quarry. ...
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rpwills
- Aug 30, 2023
- 1 min
Germany has a housing surplus but policy is to build more houses!
Ian Mulheirn has tweeted about the situation in Germany regarding their housing policy.They are in a similar situation to England, they...
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rpwills
- Aug 29, 2023
- 2 min
More houses – but not to meet housing need - luxury housing in Cornwall
Much is made of the total of 2,700 dwellings built each year in Cornwall.Those who (incorrectly) think that this means the housing...
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rpwills
- Aug 28, 2023
- 1 min
Increased female participation in the workforce and house prices – a conundrum!
Female participation rates in the UK workforce have increased over time. In 1971 the UK figure was 52.7% [male 91.7%], by 2023 the...
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rpwills
- Aug 27, 2023
- 1 min
The housing crisis - why house prices are so high!
A good explanation of why house prices are so high from Paul Claireaux on Twitter. In essence if central banks keep interest rates close...
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rpwills
- Aug 17, 2023
- 1 min
Fuel duty freeze - lost taxes, emissions, congestion and inequality
The freeze on fuel duty since 2011 may well be welcome news to many car drivers but there are costs. The effect of the freeze has been to...
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rpwills
- Aug 15, 2023
- 1 min
The missing dwellings – where did they go?
Comparing the data from the Council Tax Base (CTB) showing the number of properties eligible for council tax with the number of completed...
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rpwills
- Aug 9, 2023
- 6 min
300,000 houses – the generation of a myth (as opposed to the evidence!)
There is according to many commentators, government, the media, housing organisations and various think tanks, a need to build 300,000...
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rpwills
- Jul 26, 2023
- 4 min
Land banking – a large red herring!
An alleged cause of the housing crisis is a lack of supply which is sometimes blamed on developers ‘land banking’. Is there anything in...
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rpwills
- Jul 24, 2023
- 4 min
Reducing car use – is it right to concentrate on the short trips?
One area where individuals are encouraged to make a change in their lifestyle to cut carbon equivalent emissions is that of cutting out...
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rpwills
- Jul 20, 2023
- 1 min
Still looking high - house prices in Cornwall
Latest house price data shows that in March, the average price of a house sold in Cornwall was £316,835, this compares to a figure of...
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rpwills
- Jul 20, 2023
- 1 min
Private rentals going up, an update!
Ian Mulheirn has commented on the latest private rentals data. He states "Not much relief from rising rents in today's ONS release. ...
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rpwills
- Jul 18, 2023
- 4 min
Rents in the private rented sector are going up - why?
s mortgage rates have increased there have also been rises in rents. It is usually asserted that rents have risen to reflect increasing...
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rpwills
- Jul 13, 2023
- 2 min
Holiday homes – people who stayed at a holiday home – not the number of holiday homes!
A degree of confusion may have crept into the second/holiday homes discussion. The ONS have released data from the 2021 census with a...
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rpwills
- Jun 14, 2023
- 2 min
Private sector rents why are they going up?
With interest rates continuing to increase and with the expectation that further rises are on the way, the costs of mortgages is also...
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rpwills
- Jun 13, 2023
- 2 min
Housing shortage in Portreath – really?
A dispute has flared up in Portreath where the Parish council has put forward proposals for housing on a site which a local group claims...
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rpwills
- Jun 7, 2023
- 2 min
David Willetts – young people and low home ownership - still harping on with the wrong policies.
At yesterdays Treasury Select committee meeting, David Willetts asserted that the fall in home ownership amongst the young was due to a...
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rpwills
- Jun 5, 2023
- 2 min
How many leisure homes in Cornwall in 2021 – just over 24,000!
Lets define what we mean by leisure homes – we can include second homes which are used by households for their own leisure use and then...
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