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Originally posted by Mr.P:
absolutely right slater 14. Another thought ( which rather gives me away as an old grumpy ) , when we first bought, men tended to be the only breadwinners, and "the good lady " stayed at home. This meant the 3.5 times salary had a ceiling effect on money to spend. Nowadays, both parties work, and the amount of money available is therefore up to twice what we had. I wonder if this factor has been partly responsible for the rise in house prices ?