Property churn in GB compared with EU and US

Is it directly comparable? A lot of people rent in many European countries, and they have assured tenancies etc.

Doldrums? Have a quick read in here and you'll see that prices are still rocketing... erm, I mean crashing. Irma

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And they often have to pay CGT on the profits that they make. This makes UK style trading up impossible.

Of course, this is why they have labour mobility problems, but that's a different matter

tim

UK pricing now makes UK style trading up impossible! We have our own stamp duty assisted by fiscal drag and legal fees of course.

Indeed. Houses around here (Fens) are barely shifting at all. And there are far more "New Price" banners in the property pages as vendors get real.

But my question was more about the effect of moving on a child's education. In Germany (I lived there for many years) people tended to stay put a lot more than in Britain. They bought a plot of land, built their house, then stayed there for forty years or more. But because we in Britain have in the past tended to up sticks a lot, and not just because of property prices, but also because I believe we island people have a pronounced wanderlust, I wondered whether children's education suffers as a result. I believe the upheaval of a move is quite traumatic for many kids.

MM

Its easy to move without disrupting kids education. Most 'trading up' moves will be in the same location, many kids dont go to school particularily nearby anyway.

Most moves are within the area, but some are not. Also, in my day most kids did go to nearby schools. The point is not whether we should move as much as we do (or did before the doldrums started), but whether we are putting our younger generation at a disadvantage compared with other countries as a result of moving such a lot. In terms of productivity we are not good performers. And a large proportion of primary age children cannot read and write properly. Obviously this is not all down to moving house at key stages in a child's education, but every facet of a child's upbringing, the *only* one it will experience, is certrianly worth reviewing. Let's face it, many parents move and couldn't give a stuff about how it affects their kids. Instead, they worry far more about keeping up with the Jones, making a splash at work, joining the "right" clubs, and so on. And what about the parents who prefer to save money to the detriment of their children's education by pulling them out of school during term time for that "once in a lifetime" package holiday?

MM

Where did you dig that gem up from? Or did you just make it up (again)? Irma

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Where did you dig up your contradiction from?

What contradiction? You made the statement (bollox, IMO) so give some evidence to support it or shut up. irma

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I thought so! Irma

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