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gcw They will be amazing properties as well. The best energy efficiency, lovely area, all for around £150 a week- which HB will pay for if you aren’t in work

I’m massively all in for affordable housing, but not massively keen on the bolded.

Hopefully a move in the right direction to get people on the ladder

    I read recently that Blackstone own over 200k apartments in Berlin and are one of the culprits in a technical game of property investment that is driving up rental prices globally. Anything that dents that direction is a good thing.

    Old-Dutch Blackstone Inc was who I read about, Dutchy. They’re some kind of private equity fund who are hoovering up real estate all over the world. Blackrock are another crowd who are at it. It seems to be a fail safe way to invest your billions.

      Ah apologies - hadn’t heard of Blackstone.

      Probably the same outfit.

      Yep

      BlackRock and The Blackstone Group are often confused as they share similar names and origins. Founded in 1985, both companies fell under an umbrella company called Blackstone Financial Management, a mergers and acquisitions company. In 1988, BlackRock separated from the parent company and focused on risk management.

      • LT42 replied to this.

        Along_the_Wire
        Maybe we were very lucky. We had an apple orchard behind our house and we had a huge tree house in which all parts of the estate help build. Probably the best part was the football matches we used to play against other parts of the estate. But now all the big trees have gone lots of the front garden are all fenced off.

            Dubman did you go scrumping for apples? Lashings and lashings of ambrosia for pudding? I must say this council estate sounds very Enid Blyton.

                Millsy
                They were sour crab apples. Did have good apple fights though.

                  I heard he refuses to vote for any party who doesn’t have it in their manifesto that they’ll significantly lower the age of consent.

                  Probably just a rumour. Probably….