{"id":27807,"date":"2016-09-29T21:09:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T14:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/london-mayor-launches%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8bunprecedente%e2%80%8bd-%e2%80%8binquiry-into-foreign-property%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8bownership\/"},"modified":"2016-09-29T21:19:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T14:19:32","slug":"london-mayor-launches%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8bunprecedente%e2%80%8bd-%e2%80%8binquiry-into-foreign-property%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8bownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/london-mayor-launches%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8bunprecedente%e2%80%8bd-%e2%80%8binquiry-into-foreign-property%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8bownership\/","title":{"rendered":"London mayor launches\u200b \u200bunprecedente\u200bd \u200binquiry into foreign property\u200b \u200bownership"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nExclusive Sadiq Khan tells the Guardian he will carry out \u2018the most thorough research on this matter ever undertaken\u2019 amid widespread concern over spiralling housing costs and gentrification\u2018This is just the start\u2019: China\u2019s passion for overseas propertyLondon mayor Sadiq Khan is to launch the UK\u2019s most comprehensive inquiry into the impact of foreign investment flooding London\u2019s housing market, amid growing fears about the scale of gentrification and spiralling housing costs in the capital.Khan said there are \u201creal concerns\u201d about the surge in the number of homes being bought by overseas investors, adding that the inquiry would map the scale of the problem for the first time. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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