{"id":138709,"date":"2023-08-09T22:26:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-costs-making-uk-households-much-poorer-than-us-peers-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T22:48:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:48:51","slug":"housing-costs-making-uk-households-much-poorer-than-us-peers-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-costs-making-uk-households-much-poorer-than-us-peers-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing costs making UK households much poorer than US peers, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nReport says wealth gap would be wider if not for over-priced or ineffective services such as healthcareThe average US householdis almost a third richer than its UK counterpart and most of this difference is down to housing being cheaper in the States, according to a study by a leading thinktank.If it were not for the fact that homes are 40% less expensive a square metre on average in the States \u2013 allowing them to live in much larger properties for the same outlay \u2013 US households would have the same standard of living as their counterparts across the Atlantic. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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