{"id":112091,"date":"2019-11-02T14:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T07:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/after-grenfell-homebuyers-told-their-flats-are-worthless\/"},"modified":"2019-11-02T14:02:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T07:02:57","slug":"after-grenfell-homebuyers-told-their-flats-are-worthless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/after-grenfell-homebuyers-told-their-flats-are-worthless\/","title":{"rendered":"After Grenfell, homebuyers told their flats are worthless"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThousands of property owners in tower blocks are unable to sell or remortgage in the wake of the disasterLucy Stevenson is one of a new breed of \u201cmortgage prisoners\u201d \u2013 trapped in an unsaleable home, rejected by lenders when trying to remortgage \u2013 because her flat is in a tower block caught up in the fallout from the Grenfell disaster. \u201cI\u2019m trapped… I\u2019ve had to completely change all my plans because of this, and the stress has been unbearable,\u201d says the NHS worker. And she is far from alone \u2013 it was claimed this week that there may be as many as 500,000 flat owners in a similar position. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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