The implications of differential rates of capital gain from owner occupation for the formation and development of housing classes

Thorns, David C.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2427.1981.tb00551.x

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“…When regional prices differ widely there is a fear that mobility between regions may be made very difficult (Thorns, 1981). This is also true at the subregional level, where low absolute prices or low rates of capital accumulation have led to the situation where poor owner occupiers become trapped in inadequate housing, which may be declining in value (Karn, 1979;Karn et al, 1985).…”

Section: House Prices In Urban Analysismentioning

confidence: 94%

“…In light of the debate about interregional disparities it is important to explain the Glasgow experience as it diverges from the national picture and from the pattern predicted by previous writers, especially Thorns (1982Thorns ( , 1981.…”

Section: House Price Trends In Glasgowmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…We have tried to identify the factors in Glasgow that have shaped the owner occupied sector in a way that has militated against the development of declining ghettos such as have been found in some other cities (Karn et al, 1985). We thus take issue with Thorns (1981) when he argues that there is a direct relation between labour markets and the class base of the individual owners and their position in the owner occupied market, that overrides any other local factors. In Glasgow's case these important factors include the very large public sector, the history of substantial slum clearance among owner occupied property as well as in the private rented sector and the more recent improvement and housing association activity combined with the local demand.…”

Section: Spatial Analysismentioning

confidence: 98%

“…In Dudley between 1960 and 1978 there was a tendency for cheaper houses to show slightly slower increases in prices although there was some indication towards the end of the period that differentials were narrowing. Thorns (1981) concentrated on absolute gains, pointing out that '. .…”

Section: R-cm Co O) O) O) O)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Intra‐urban changes in housing prices: Glasgow 1972–83

Munro¹,

Maclennan

1987

Housing Studies

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Despite the widely acknowledged importance of house prices and the rate of house price appreciation within the urban system there has been relatively little empirical work to explore intra-urban differentials in these factors. This has been due in some part to the lack of any longitudinal microdata on house prices. This paper uses a unique database held in Glasgow to examine small area change through the decade 1972-83. In particular the wide variations in the rate of house price appreciation will be discussed and related to the characteristics of the houses and their neighbourhoods, as well as local policy on improvements. The observed patterns of price change are somewhat counter intuitive and point to the dangers of making a priori assumptions about the workings of housing markets. We are able to show that in Glasgow an extremely depressed labour market has not led to a depressed housing market.

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Section: House Prices In Urban Analysismentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: House Price Trends In Glasgowmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Spatial Analysismentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: R-cm Co O) O) O) O)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Intra‐urban changes in housing prices: Glasgow 1972–83

Munro¹,

Maclennan

1987

Housing Studies

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“…Proletarian owner occupation offers the potential for new petty-bourgeois class formation, through the capital gains of outright owner occupiers (Pratt, 1982;Thorns, 1981b), but in Britain, this potential remains largely unrealised. In contrast, bourgeois owner occupation opens up real opportunities for the advancement of the bourgeoisie as a class, and not just in Britain (Edel, 1982;Thorns 1981a). What Forrest and Murie (1986) have described as the increasing 'social differentiation' (p48) within owner occupation is therefore a differentiation along essentially class lines.…”

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The difference that tenure makes

Somerville¹,

Knowles²

1991

Housing Studies

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This paper argues that housing tenures cannot be reduced to either production relations or consumption relations. Instead, they need to be understood as modes of housing distribution, and as having complex and dynamic relations with social classes. Building on a critique of both the productionist and the consumptionist literature, as well as of formalist accounts of the relations between tenure and class, the paper attempts to lay the foundations for a new theory of housing tenure. In order to do this, a new theory of class is articulated, which is then used to throw new light on the nature of class-tenure relations.

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Residualization and Council Housing: Aspects of the Changing Social Relations of Housing Tenure

Forrest¹,

Murie²

1983

J. Soc. Pol.

116

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It is commonly argued that council housing in Britain is becoming a residual service. This paper explores the various dimensions of residualization such as the size of the council house sector, the quality of the service, the characteristics of tenants and the nature of the stock. Whilst changes in these areas are significant it is suggested that we must look beyond housing processes to fully understand the downgrading of council housing. Specifically it is argued that explanations must take account of questions of economic and political powerlessness, the marginalization of certain sections of the working class from the labour market and the uneven impact of the recession.

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The implications of differential rates of capital gain from owner occupation for the formation and development of housing classes

Cited by 44 publications

References 3 publications

Intra‐urban changes in housing prices: Glasgow 1972–83

Intra‐urban changes in housing prices: Glasgow 1972–83

The difference that tenure makes

Residualization and Council Housing: Aspects of the Changing Social Relations of Housing Tenure

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