Worth considering how the government’s deliberate policy attempts to inflate house prices will have convinced people to vote Conservative. In Hartlepool, as elsewhere, average sale prices have been rising. When house prices rise, people generally vote Conservative

Lots of good work has been done on this - looking at vote data by ward - at Oxford by @benwansell in relation to the EU referendum vote which I’ve covered here @theipaper https://inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/brexit-house-prices-effect-housing-crisis-cause-296262

Politically, house price inflation is a problem for Labour. It has been for years. Everyone wants a piece of the pie and they know that the Conservatives are their best bet. Ironically, this is why Tories are the party best placed to reform housing because they have less to lose

Which, under Theresa May, they were starting to do. Right now, though, the Renters Rights Bill is in the long grass whole petrol is poured on house prices via a stamp duty cut and 95% mortgages giving people the illusion of economic growth and stability