Saving For a Space Ship

Good discussion on Radio 4 yesterday - Banks ain't lending on these flats Is new guidance on selling high rise flats fit for purpose? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000vwry https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vwry

The uber ramping of 'asking prices' continues from EA VI's ....'white hot' They're even quoting the 'Council leader Janette Williamson says rising prices are good as long a people who can’t afford to buy are looked after too.' White-hot housing market has Merseyside suburb at fever pitch Prices in Wallasey, on the Wirral, are soaring in a nationwide boom fuelled by the stamp duty holiday, but will it last? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/08/white-hot-housing-market-has-merseyside-suburb-at-fever-pitch However...

Renters face eviction, homelessness as pandemic support falls away https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/property/2021/05/09/rent-eviction-budget-australia/

Rent arrears put thousands at risk as end of eviction ban in England looms MPs and charities fear a wave of homelessness when landlords can once again legally force out tenants in debt https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/may/08/rent-arrears-put-thousands-at-risk-as-end-of-eviction-ban-in-england-looms

Cost of building work on UK homes to rise as price of materials soars https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/08/cost-of-building-work-on-uk-homes-to-rise-as-price-of-materials-soars

estimates of 1/3 of retail rent unpaid - £3 billion owed Landlords now suing tenants who they think can pay Radio 4 now commercial renters eviction ban ends June 30th . 1 in 7 shps empty

Fireplaces and stoves are bigger polluters than traffic https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/07/fireplaces-and-stoves-are-bigger-polluters-than-traffic Pollution and house prices in the UK https://nethouseprices.com/news/show/2272/pollution-and-house-prices-in-the-uk

Dr Rory Hearne: The Government does not want you to be able to afford to buy a home The housing expert says the investor takeover of homes is no accident – it’s Government policy. https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ireland-investment-housing-5428746-May2021/?utm_source=shortlink I have been warning for years about this impending disaster that is embedding a permanent unaffordability into our housing system and will cause unprecedented inequality. Continuous bad policy This current crisis has been brewing for a long time. It goes back to the Celtic Tige

UK car sales recover as showrooms reopen after lockdown https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2021/may/05/uk-car-sales-stock-markets-ftse-eurozone-us-jobs-business-live?page=with:block-60922d358f08ee11c7549701#block-60922d358f08ee11c7549701 More millions bouncing about in their pointless vanity crossover / mini suv's. Although given the increasing lack of money to mend pot holes, they may have a use after all However, that would still leave sales below their level in April 2019, when there were 161,064 new car registrations. Clearly dem

+1 PHEV's should never have been included Tesla Model 3 Dethrones a Long Time Rival - BMW model 3 in Usa | EV News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2qwp4zoIo0

They've kicked the can so hard, it's gone into orbit and it's now free of the gravitational pull of the earth .........the monkeys! 2021: A Debt Odyssey (1968) - From Bone to Satellite Scene (1/6) | Movieclips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avjdKTqiVvQ 😬

Amazon had sales income of €44bn in Europe in 2020 but paid no corporation tax Despite lockdown surge the firm’s Luxembourg unit made a €1.2bn loss and therefore paid zero corporation tax https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/04/amazon-sales-income-europe-corporation-tax-luxembourg

Hospitality bosses lose court battle over indoor opening https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56974835

High street shops in England and Wales repurposed as climate emergency centres https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/03/high-street-shops-in-england-and-wales-repurposed-as-climate-emergency-centres https://climateemergencycentre.co.uk/cec-uk-network-2/ The handbook seems detailed https://climateemergencycentre.co.uk/handbook/ I've been working on something similar trying to set up community hardware stores or emergency shelter distribution centres (ESDC) , suprised i've not heard of this lot before

More news from Cornwall..... ‘Real thuggery’: Cornwall boats vandalised amid ‘incomer’ tensions Some blame new residents and second-home owners not keen on sight and sounds of ‘local’ vessels https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/03/real-thuggery-cornwall-boats-vandalised-amid-incomer-tensions