Quote Originally Posted by Lither_1927 View Post
All the other stuff is minor, the primary driving factor behind house prices is demand created by population numbers. Everyone needs a house to live in you see. UK embraced mass immigration and now millenials can't afford a home and we have a housing crisis.
Japan reject mass immigration and their house prices remained the same since 1997, enabling the next generation of their own population a chance to buy. Why are you attempting mental gymnastics in order to deny the blinding obvious?
Two options:

1) As a country's population grows, so does house building, infrastructure, NHS services, schools etc to cope, creating more jobs and tax revenues as a result

2) As a country's population grows, don't build more housing and infrastructure and moan when services can't cope, resulting in workers struggling under pressure in their jobs.

Another question - how would you feel if, instead of immigration coming into the country, the UK had a sudden population boom. Would you feel the same about housing?