A severe shortage of land in England With a severe shortage of housing in the UK and the South of England creating an increasing demand for new homes, p roperty prices have soared….As house prices fall, the cost of rural land soars to record highs; Overseas buyers and flight from cities produce 40 per cent rise in values’…Since the beginning of the new millennium house prices have increased by 108% trailing behind the impressive performance of land at 165% for the same period &…