Anyone who wants to sell their property, be it in South Harting or elsewhere, wants to get the best price they can for it.

The recent report dramatises people such as John Hosking (Argus, April 26), who "has been forced to move out of the family home where he lived most of his life".

Who forced him out of his home? Nobody.

The farmhouse has quadrupled in value. Mr Hosking could still be living there regardless. But money talks, doesn't it?

Commuters or city dwellers are not that keen to pay high prices. But if the seller demands it because he can get it, that is what the market calls for. Blame the sellers, not the buyers.

Here in the South-East, we are caught in a trap. If we build more houses, as demanded by the Government, we shall also increase the problem of what to do with all that extra sewage, waste and traffic.

-Liz Walker, Marine Parade, Brighton