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Jethro_uk wrote:
Apparently this has become very difficult in last couple of years,
because no one wants to own retail space anymore (too many retail
outlets can't pay their rent, and there are no takers for empty retail
space), so you can't find buyers anymore unless the premises can be
turned into flats, which is not normally the case in high streets.

rather jars with the ongoing "housing crisis" narrative though ?

Just like successive governments approach which seems to be *anything*
but build more houses ....

Like everything else, the purpose of building houses is only to make a
profit from. As large as possible. Selling 'affordable' ones would also
depress the value of other new ones. Since how a flat etc is specced makes
not much difference to the costs of building it.

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