Dutch cities want to ban property investors in all neighborhoods
Amen to this. Two case studies from the UK I&#x27;ve been thinking about recently:<p>1) Visiting London and spending time in South Kensington - walking back to hotel at night, only about 30% of houses had any lights on. Suggestion is the others are effectively uninhabited, and a search on RightMove shows properties sell for £20-£30m for a 4&#x2F;5 bed. This isn&#x27;t normal Londoners, it&#x27;s outside investment.<p>2) Cornwall, where I live - an insane house price rise over lockdown as city dwellers aim for the beautiful bits of the country. Literally no way now you could afford your first home round here on minimum wage, and some towns have a high (&gt;50) % holiday or second homes.<p>It&#x27;s an untenable situation. I think my generation (I&#x27;m nearly 50) are probably the last to be able to afford their own home on anything other than a massive wage.<p>Round here in Cornwall the jobs are things like surf instructor, supermarket worker, barperson, etc. That&#x27;s not gonna stretch to the local house prices.