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Housing - Generation Rent is Out of Luck

Graham Watson

2nd September 2015

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In this piece from the Guardian, Home shortage and lending rules, Patrick Collinson identifies the real causes of higher UK house prices, higher rents and more exploitative behaviour within the housing market: the inelasticity of housing supply.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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