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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27675294?postId=119628329#comment_119628329

highest rated comment blames immigrants for the highest house prices in london?

So either the immigrants are benefit scroungers living in basic accomodation or the immigrants are highly paid jobs taking all the best housing driving the house prices up?

I visited London recently and all the rich voices in Harrods and Oxford street were Russian so nothing to do with EU policy but solely British Immigration policy. Saw a lot of refugees and very few Europeans actually so who lives in London is it Uber rich Russians (nothing to do with EU policy) Syrians, Egyptians, Indians, Pakistanis and Afghanistanis (again nothing to do with EU policy) come on be truthfull are the majority of immigrants wandering London's streets from the EU?

Would be interesting for someone to survey them but of course UKIP wouldn't as it would destroy their case.
 
Why are you making it out to be one scenario or the other? Both arguments are theoretically valid and 'could' be correct.
 
Immigrants are the majority in London. To me it feels like I've entered a different country every time I go there. They've took it over. I now have no interest in what immigrants or the eu wants to do with the city. As long as I'm ok.
 
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https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/london-property-market-in-graphs-165123211.html

Overseas investors snapped up almost one out of every two new homes that were built in central London in the two years to June 2013. Property in the capital has been seen as a safe haven for investors after the world economy crashed.

Many rich investors simply don't want the hassle of buy to let, they just want an asset that will hold its value and, even better, become more valuable over time. This means there are even fewer places for more residents to live, helping to drive the property fever even higher.
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Ignoring the fact the OP makes literally no sense, rambling about immigration and EU and rich Russians not being EU immigration at all, note my post actually contains facts, as opposed to the OPs delightfully ill-informed opinion. I hate the dm with the rest of them, but please do try to at least be scientific with your ramblings. Far too many posters here are taking to spouting their inane drivel without any evidence to back them up.
 
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barbed wire fence around the M25!

FREE head shaves and Dr Martin boots to all 15th generation brits.
 
Tuppy_Glossop said:
You might find that Harrods and Oxford Street are unrepresentative of the wider GLC area (is it still the GLC ?)
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What about all the social housing that does get rented out on the cheap to benefit scroungers, immigrants and asylum seekers in London? Quite shocking watching programmes like "How to get a council house" on Channel 4? They're all being farmed outside of London now and they aren't happy about it.

However you're right about one thing, immigration from outside the EU is a bigger problem for us than immigration from within the EU. It's taken a few years but I think the UK has caught up following the mess that was the uncontrolled migration from Poland, just hope we don't end up in the same situation with Romanians and Bulgarians.
 
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Ignoring the fact the OP makes literally no sense, rambling about immigration and EU and rich Russians not being EU immigration at all, note my post actually contains facts, as opposed to the OPs delightfully ill-informed opinion. I hate the dm with the rest of them, but please do try to at least be scientific with your ramblings. Far too many posters here are taking to spouting their inane drivel without any evidence to back them up.
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You missed the point. In the BBC article, the highest rated comments blame the housing prices on the EU and demand a referendum but there's no connection between the EU and those prices as they are driven by rich people who come from countries such as Russia or highly skilled immigrants, who would would be allowed in the country even if the UK leaves the EU.

I think jas72 was trying to point out that the rhetoric of far right/populist news outlets and politicians has lead to a situation where irrational views such as the one above have significant support (hence the high rating of the comments).
 
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Tuppy_Glossop said:
You might find that Harrods and Oxford Street are unrepresentative of the wider GLC area (is it still the GLC ?)
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The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986 and most of it's power was devolved to the London boroughs.

We do have the Greater London Authority (GLA) which is the top level administrative body for Greater London. It consists of a directly Mayor of London and an elected 25 member London Assembly:

http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/gla
 
I love London (parts of it). But housing is a big problem. Not that it really affects me... well, I am from a London Borough, but I won't be able to afford to live where I live currently.

It's a mix of everything. Immigrants in council housing, the foreign super rich buying housing (some of the time not even going there!!) and obviously London being the Capital and hot spot for us English too.

House prices will always be high here. I guess people just have a problem with people on benefits living there when one has to work bloody hard to even get a foot in the door. Also I can see why people get the ache with the foreign super rich buying up property before anyone else gets a sniff, but there is nothing wrong with that. It does suck though if they don't actually use the house (living / renting)

n.b. I havent mentioned the EU.
 
On the one hand you have wealthy foreigners buying up expensive properties and on the other you have massively increasing london population every year (mostly from immigration) which also increases demand.

Meanwhile, supply is only increasing in very small amounts. Hence the problem. Reducing immigration would ease housing pressures in the south east.
 
jas72 said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27675294?postId=119628329#comment_119628329

highest rated comment blames immigrants for the highest house prices in london?

So either the immigrants are benefit scroungers living in basic accomodation or the immigrants are highly paid jobs taking all the best housing driving the house prices up?

I visited London recently and all the rich voices in Harrods and Oxford street were Russian so nothing to do with EU policy but solely British Immigration policy. Saw a lot of refugees and very few Europeans actually so who lives in London is it Uber rich Russians (nothing to do with EU policy) Syrians, Egyptians, Indians, Pakistanis and Afghanistanis (again nothing to do with EU policy) come on be truthfull are the majority of immigrants wandering London's streets from the EU?

Would be interesting for someone to survey them but of course UKIP wouldn't as it would destroy their case.
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people in the comments seem to be talking about the housing shortage in general rather than londons expensive houses being sole to Russian oligarchs and people from dubai etc.

waiting lists for council/housing association in some areas are so insane you need to get near max points to have any realistic chance of getting offered a house
 
Probably partially true?

I mean rise in demand causes price rises?

You know what I don't like? do gooders who are pro immigration DERP DA DERP LET EVERYONE IN FREE LOVE!11 and then I also don't like moronic racists....

Both are just as bad as each other. Like people above said provide facts to back up your opinion.

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Immigrants are the majority in London. To me it feels like I've entered a different country every time I go there. They've took it over. I now have no interest in what immigrants or the eu wants to do with the city. As long as I'm ok.
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I've heard this a lot isn't london something like 40% foreigners now? I mean i'm not sure of that figure of course just heard it chucked around. People always say it doesn't feel like England any more. I've not been in around 8-10years.
 
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I don't mind foreign investment in housing,issue is when they use houses as safe havens to get a return on their money which in turn, leads to rising prices and a generation of Londoners stuck in rented accommodation.. like me!

My street is a ghost town,full of empty houses/flats with no people living inside.
 
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