http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29218870
And the Catch-22: the more new, expensive houses we build the higher the figure climbs.
Greenfield sites, pretty locations in the countryside = high prices and little chance of affordable homes
Brownfield sites in urban areas = lower prices and greater chance of affordable homes
Developers prefer greenfield, bigger profits. No incentive to build on brownfield sites.
Recipe for disaster?
East Devon Watch 
Let’s not forget that it is not only the developers who benefit from higher house prices … Graham Brown does too when he sells his house.
Coincidence?
We await some sort of answer from the police on that one.
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