Imagine a world in which the price of housing stopped rising as predictably as a hydrogen-filled balloon.
And imagine a country in which houses would be just as affordable in 10 years' time as they were 10 years ago.
There would be no race to buy a home, no fear that prices would accelerate faster than you can save up for the deposit.
Houses would cease to be a means of profit, and instead become just a place to live.
But this is no John Lennon-inspired fantasy.
It is about to come to fruition in the East End of London, in an extraordinary experiment.
For the first time, future property prices will be tied to the rise in wages.
