{"id":119349,"date":"2020-11-26T01:24:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T18:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-local-councils-banned-from-making-risky-property-bets\/"},"modified":"2020-11-26T02:08:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T19:08:49","slug":"uk-local-councils-banned-from-making-risky-property-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-local-councils-banned-from-making-risky-property-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"UK local councils banned from making risky property bets"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCovid hit to asset values leaves authorities struggling after \u00a37bn borrowing spree
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\nSource : ft.com
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Covid hit to asset values leaves authorities struggling after \u00a37bn borrowing spree Source :...<\/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-119349","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-v2Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56944,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-councils-are-taking-huge-commercial-risks-dag-detter\/","url_meta":{"origin":119349,"position":0},"title":"UK councils are taking huge commercial risks | Dag Detter","date":"June 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Local government needs more professional management of all its assets, rather than a headlong dive into risky commercial venturesLocal councils in the UK are diving headlong into the commercial property market, acting as though they are private sector hedge funds \u2013 it\u2019s a role they\u2019re not set up for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52842,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bets-on-homelink-chinas-biggest-property-agent-are-risky-as-curbs-hit-home-sales\/","url_meta":{"origin":119349,"position":1},"title":"Bets on Homelink, China\u2019s biggest property agent, are risky as curbs hit home sales","date":"April 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r While investors fall over themselves to plough money into estate agency Homelink Group, the poster child of China\u2019s secondary home market is seeing its business plunge as local governments tighten their restrictions on property sales. 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