I seriously question the idea that the reason the south-east has been so buoyant over the past few decades is due to government policy. There is a world-wide shift of people moving to major global cities and, in the UK, this means London. London is the reason the south-east is booming. Proximity...
Demand is high across many parts of the UK, but definitely not all of it. Plenty of vacant housing in the north of England. Whether or not this is a solution to the problems where demand is high is another conversation (I'm interested to see what the effects of HS2 are on property prices in the...
Housing prices in Brighton and Hove (and London) are obviously reflective of high demand to live in the area - the only realistic solution to this is to create more supply. In reality this means dramatically loosening development restrictions on the urban fringe and planning controls on density...