"PeterE" wrote in message
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Conor wrote:
In article ,
says...
This very different from what you usually tell us about house prices
up north.
Why is that?
Even with the 100% increase they're still cheap compared to most of
the rest of England. It is still possible to buy a 3 bed house for
£70,000 in Driffield but that's still above alot of peoples incomes
here.
But people on that kind of money have *never* been able to afford to buy
houses. Such a house ....
err. ********.
Just one or two years ago, not too far from where you are, you could get a
decent house in a non-dodgy area for less than 30,000
(to the original point -the prices have more than doubles in a short space
of time)