‘While it’s not the whole answer, meeting targets will be difficult if we continue to constrain supply unduly,’’ Barker, who has advised the Treasury on the issue, told the conference. “On housing supply, the scale of the problem is growing larger.” House prices in the UK have tripled since 1997 and rose more [...]

.. yet the Government still wants to build millions of houses in the southeast on green belt land. Looking in my local rag.. hundreds of AFFORDABLE flats for sale.. I think this generation have no idea about property buying.. it’s SUPPOSED to be a stretch, that’s why you should save up for your first property.. [...]