Consequences of this ‘boom’ are now clear

HOW fantastic to see local estate agent messers Burton, Bassi, Marriott and Parker looking and sounding so pleased that the Nottingham property market prices are “booming crazy” (“‘Crazy’ 2021 property boom shows no sign of slowing down, say Notts estate agents”, Post, January 10).

No doubt they want it to continue.

Perhaps these esteemed property gurus could spare a thought and offer suggestions on how our Nottingham carers (soon to be increased to a £9.50-an-hour pay rate for working 40 hours a week) can buy a basic ex-local authority 1 bedroom flat for £90,000?

That’s a scenario that a hardworking carer I know put to me.

We read that many key workers are leaving their chosen careers as they simply cannot afford to pay existing rents that keep rising and, oh yes, live (which is also set to get more costly this year).

The consequences are now starting to appear: hospital beds blocked (as patients cannot go home due to lack of carers available), whilst many vulnerable people already at home cannot survive when their carers leave.

If property prices were stable then at least there could be a savings path ahead for many. But prices that keep booming help very few, not the many.

Everyone who works hard deserves the chance to buy a house, especially carers.

We need carers a lot more than we need some other “professions”. The internet can sell property very well but it doesn’t do so well at cooking a meal, washing a person or dressing a wound.

Perhaps the Post could run a feature on the impact of rising property prices on many of the city’s population – its consequences, along with what realistic options are, out there for someone on minimum wage?

C Hayes Mapperley