Housing Policy Analyst Mugs

"The government prefers to see it as a flexible, environmentally friendly building option that fits within our current funding projections."

"This so called bedroom tax has really hit a raw nerve with your Sid hasn't it!!"

Luxury apartments coming soon

At first I thought it was just coincidence, but then I realized it corresponded directly to your shift.

"I agree, the place was a tear-down, but I just remembered we were only renting it."

"A home recently sold in my neighborhood."

"This is all we have available. It has an accordian front door, a shelf, a phone, and a spectacular view."

Three little pigs-mortgage.

"When we said we'd build 'affordable' homes we had a particular buyer in mind."

House hunting is cruel.

"And then the three bears were slowly forced out of the neighborhood due to major corporations cornering the market—The once cozy cottage is now an Air B&B." "The end."

'Oh no! We're in negative equity.'

'It seems good, and he said the bit at the bottom is the name of the architect.'

Affordable housing - Mum and Dads.

'Yes, there is a bidding war - but I'm almost certain you aren't allowed to take prisoners.'

'I'm sorry, but without a significant deposit, we can't give you a mortgage.'

"This article says that the number of elderly living with their children is rising..."

Today's dream house is nothing if not a fantasy.

'I can't move in with my parents. They moved in with my grandparents.

'My bubble burst!'

UK house prices drop by 1.3%

'Home builders' watch the 'Housing starts' chart with excitement

"We had to get builders to stop hoarding land and start building houses...extreme forms of persuasion were called for!"

"Ha! Buying a house just so you can live in it. I'll never understand young people."

'Does my boom look big in this?...'

"Their entire friendship is based on regret over property they SHOULD have bought when it was affordable."

Foreclosure

'But on the bright side, I never worry about the housing booms and bubbles.'

'When is a good time to get a mortgage?'

Affordable homes coming soon - 'If they build these then our house will become affordable...!'

"Look! It's the Buy-to-let brigade."

"... It's a housing bubble."

'It's a handy household device that helps calculate your negative equity'

"I think we have mice in the walls."

"What you have to ask yourself is, do you want to get on the property ladder or not?"