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Emeritus Prof Christopher May
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For those of us who live near the Lake District, the current acceleration of Spain's housing crisis, driven by dwellings being (re)deployed as holiday lets & second homes (for non locals) is all too familiar.... and once again, in Spain, this has only risen up the political agenda as the squeeze on house availability (driving inflation of house prices) has hit the middle-class (who, of course, are more likely to vote).
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Antonio Páez 🇲🇽🇨🇦
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Window in the ticket office of Toledo's train station. #window #trainStation #travelPhotography #toledo #spain
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@ChrisMayLA6 The market will sort it out! Make building cheaper and make it tax free to sell real estate. You will see an explosion of construction that will lower the prices for everyone. As per how the market works, you'll also see a crash eventually allowing people to buy houses at good prices!
On a dark note, this could be seen as xenophobic as well!
This phenomenon is also not uncommon. I know that switzerland has blocks on foreigners buying real estate since they were swamped by
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