{"id":171352,"date":"2026-04-15T06:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/higher-income-households-benefited-most-from-help-to-buy-thinktank-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T06:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:09:29","slug":"higher-income-households-benefited-most-from-help-to-buy-thinktank-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/higher-income-households-benefited-most-from-help-to-buy-thinktank-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher-income households benefited most from Help to Buy, thinktank finds"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAnalysis by IFS shows George Osborne\u2019s mortgage schemes launched in 2013 had little effect on social mobilityHigher-income households were the biggest beneficiaries of George Osborne\u2019s Help to Buy mortgage schemes, introduced in the 2010s, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) thinktank.Launched by the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government in 2013, Help to Buy involved two separate schemes aimed at making home ownership more achievable in a period of rapid house price growth. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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