How did we get in a situation where it is so expensive to buy a house?
0:00 Intro
1:16 Planning restrictions
2:20 Rising Population
3:19 Private Sector Profit motive
5:21 Bad use of existing homes
6:15 Social homes sold not replaced
7:03 Lower interest rates
7.59 Mortgage liberalisation
9:03 Wealth
10:40 Foreign investment
11:28 Cost of building
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