{"id":127001,"date":"2022-06-12T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-ugly-truth-behind-our-rigged-housing-system-politicians-live-in-fear-of-owners-sonia-sodha\/"},"modified":"2022-06-12T14:08:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T07:08:42","slug":"the-ugly-truth-behind-our-rigged-housing-system-politicians-live-in-fear-of-owners-sonia-sodha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-ugly-truth-behind-our-rigged-housing-system-politicians-live-in-fear-of-owners-sonia-sodha\/","title":{"rendered":"The ugly truth behind our rigged housing system \u2013 politicians live in fear of owners | Sonia Sodha"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe latest help-to-buy scheme will do little but fuel the rising prices that ministers bank onSo far this year, three of my friends have celebrated buying their first flats in their early 40s, after a decade of saving for a deposit out of the leftovers from extortionate rent, while watching house prices continue to rise.Buying your first home was once something you did in your 20s but, compared with those 10 or 20 years younger than us, we\u2019re the lucky ones: buying a flat in London zone 3 is just about affordable for people who, while they may not have had parental help, have earned professional salaries in their 30s. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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The latest help-to-buy scheme will do little but fuel the rising prices that ministers bank...<\/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-127001","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-x2p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137238,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/suburbia-doesnt-have-to-steal-your-soul-just-ask-barbara-and-tom-of-the-good-life-sonia-sodha\/","url_meta":{"origin":127001,"position":0},"title":"Suburbia doesn\u2019t have to steal your soul \u2013 just ask Barbara and Tom of The Good Life | Sonia Sodha","date":"June 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Often pilloried, life in the suburbs can be uplifting. 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