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Simon Lambert

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This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

One, I can see a scenario where if this did happen, you'd then have some supermarkets that decide to differentiate themselves on honest prices.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

Prices that won't change.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

The flip side of this would be used as a marketing tool towards people.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

Also, if it were to happen any time soon, I'm pretty sure someone in the government would come up and say, oh, we've got to ban dynamic pricing.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

And they'd come up with some way of legislating against dynamic pricing.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

And it'd be OK for rosΓ©, but it wouldn't be OK for bread.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

And then there'd be endless arguments about it.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

And it'd end up in a huge kerfuffle and a couple of U-turns.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

And by that point, the supermarkets probably would have just either given up or introduced it anyway.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

Can I just point out here, Georgie's cheating.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

She's read the story.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

No, I can't.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

There's nothing that can beat that.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

This week, at least, I don't think.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

But what I would say is what I do like about the A4 piece of paper is we all know how big a piece of A4 paper is, as Helen says.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

Whereas most people have no idea how big a square foot or a square metre is.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

Like they know what it's referring to, but they don't know how much floor space it would actually take up.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

But then when I read the A4 piece of paper research, I was possibly more confused by the end of it than I was when I started reading about houses measured in A4 pieces of paper.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

But I will give you a stat anyway, which is 220,000.

This is Money Podcast
Are we about to become a nation of investors?

There are expected to be 220,000 fewer homes to rent by the end of 2026, according to mortgage lender Pepper Money, apparently due to various things, but one of them being the Renters' Right Act prompting many landlords to throw in the towel.