{"id":113759,"date":"2020-01-20T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-we-buy-a-home-in-london-or-save-for-one-in-the-north\/"},"modified":"2020-01-20T14:11:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T07:11:05","slug":"should-we-buy-a-home-in-london-or-save-for-one-in-the-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-we-buy-a-home-in-london-or-save-for-one-in-the-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Should we buy a home in London or save for one in the north?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWe\u2019re priced out of much of the capital and are planning to move nearer family in the two yearsQ My fiance and I are looking to buy our first home. We are in our early to mid-30s and currently live in London. However, we are looking to move back up north in the next two years mainly to be nearer family and have a better chance at getting on the property ladder.Due to an inheritance we are incredibly lucky to be able to put down a deposit of \u00a3100,000. But because our combined income is just short of \u00a360,000 we are still priced out of a lot of Lewisham which is where we are currently based. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2020\/jan\/20\/should-we-buy-a-home-in-london-or-save-for-one-in-the-north\" target=\"_blank\">Should we buy a home in London or save for one in the north?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; We\u2019re priced out of much of the capital and are planning to move nearer family&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-tAP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2991,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/priced-out-of-london-heres-where-first-time-buyers-can-actually-buy\/","url_meta":{"origin":113759,"position":0},"title":"Priced out of London? 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