From: Tiddy Ogg 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Hometrack - Many tenants will rent forever
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:50:44 +0100
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:04:27 +0100, Daytona  wrote:
>
>Nothing new, but I can't help thinking that it's an unhealthy position
>for society to be in. People clearly want to own their own home given
>the respective rates of house price and rent inflation. The government
>has failed on a fundamental social requirement.
>
>Daytona

But I've heard it said in the past that this concept of everyone
owning a home is an unhealthy thing.  It is a comparatively recent
idea - only since WW2.  It makes mobility much more difficult.  Again,
I've heard in the past it's a peculiarly British thing - many other
nations' citizens are happy renting.  

Tiddy Ogg.
http://www.tiddyogg.co.uk