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I would like people to post all the factors they believe have affected house prices in the past, and will in the future, and attribute a sort of proportion to each factor. I'd like you to do it with just two headings too, Demand and Supply Let me start (based on what I have learned on HPC and I hope that people will add to this until we all sort of agree, and perhaps learn some new ways of thinking about this issue. And I know this isn't a linear relationship, nor is this ever that simple, but just assume it's present day and that the relationship is super simple for ease of discussion. Supply of houses for sale Too few new houses coming onto the market - 75% Difficulty of finding large plots for development in desirable areas - 10% Oligopoly of house builders with high barrier to entry, due to costs and regulations - 10% Vacant properties staying unused and general occupancy rate issues - 5% Demand of houses to buy Ease of available credit - 40% Help to Buy - 5% Growing population - 40% Buy to let 15% I'd love to hear what other people think, as I'm sure I'm forgetting some things, and I'd like to try and graph a relationship between all the factors. If you disagree, please state the change in % you think is needed. TBP