{"id":1074,"date":"2015-11-21T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-want-to-buy-a-flat-thats-perfect-except-for-one-thing-its-leasehold\/"},"modified":"2016-01-09T16:19:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T09:19:59","slug":"i-want-to-buy-a-flat-thats-perfect-except-for-one-thing-its-leasehold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-want-to-buy-a-flat-thats-perfect-except-for-one-thing-its-leasehold\/","title":{"rendered":"I want to buy a flat that\u2019s perfect except for one thing \u2013 it\u2019s leasehold"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMy parents have always warned against buying a leasehold property but I don\u2019t know why. Should I go ahead?Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it\u2019s up to you to help him or her out \u2013 a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday\u2019s paper.This week\u2019s question: Continue reading…
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