{"id":124328,"date":"2022-01-23T17:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T10:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/even-pricey-city-centre-flats-help-everyone-move-up-the-property-ladder-torsten-bell\/"},"modified":"2022-01-23T18:03:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T11:03:11","slug":"even-pricey-city-centre-flats-help-everyone-move-up-the-property-ladder-torsten-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/even-pricey-city-centre-flats-help-everyone-move-up-the-property-ladder-torsten-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Even pricey city-centre flats help everyone move up the property ladder | Torsten Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSuch developments are aimed at the wealthy, but buyers trigger a chain that lends a hand to those on much lower incomesHigh housing costs are a disaster for living standards, costing private renters more than 30% of their income and giving London the highest poverty rate in the UK.The economists\u2019 answer is to build more homes in high-cost areas, but that\u2019s easier said than done. Developments are often opposed from the right, for reducing local house prices, and the left, as gentrification. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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