More housing market signals         Dwelling turnover  Turning
point of mortgage payments to income ratio   Turning point in
housing credit  Falling rents      1. "Whether we also desire
for social reasons broad access to the housing asset market,
then we may consider severe changes to policy in this arena."
That's really it in a nutshell isn't it? Policy no longer
reflects the notion of broad access to home ownership being
representative of social progress, such things having been
largely resigned to the dustbin of outdated socialist thinking.
Housing is now an "asset" first and foremost. The fact that it
is also a basic necessity for life itself and that the breadth
of access to ownership of the roof over ones head is indicative
of the level of equality within a society is a consideration
that has pretty much fallen by the wayside. How much extra money
one can make buying and selling houses is more important than
who can't afford one to live in.      It's hard to see any real
driver for change at prese