{"id":137934,"date":"2023-06-25T16:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/margaret-thatchers-dream-turns-to-dust-the-days-of-easy-home-buying-are-over\/"},"modified":"2023-06-25T16:19:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T09:19:27","slug":"margaret-thatchers-dream-turns-to-dust-the-days-of-easy-home-buying-are-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/margaret-thatchers-dream-turns-to-dust-the-days-of-easy-home-buying-are-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Thatcher\u2019s dream turns to dust: the days of easy home buying are over"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs mortgage rates rise, many Britons now see owning a home as a risky and unattractive prospectIn 1981 Margaret Thatcher told the Tory party conference \u201cThe family is the basic unit of our society and it is in the family that the next generation is nurtured\u201d.The then prime minister added: \u201cOur concern is to create a property-owning democracy and it is therefore a very human concern. It is a natural desire of Conservatives that every family should have a stake in society and that the privilege of a family home should not be restricted to the few.\u201d Owning, in other words, was better than renting, morally as well as financially. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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