{"id":29353,"date":"2016-10-10T05:31:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T22:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/skip-a-generation-when-passing-on-homes-says-housing-minister\/"},"modified":"2016-10-10T16:29:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T09:29:59","slug":"skip-a-generation-when-passing-on-homes-says-housing-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/skip-a-generation-when-passing-on-homes-says-housing-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Skip a generation when passing on homes, says housing minister"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGavin Barwell suggests parents should leave homes and savings to grandchildren to help them get on the housing ladderThe housing minister, Gavin Barwell, has suggested that parents should leave their houses and savings to their grandchildren rather than their children to help them get on the housing ladder.Barwell made the call for pensioners to skip a generation when writing their wills as he revealed that his 75-year-old mother had chosen to leave her \u00a3700,000 house in Croydon to her five grandchildren rather than himself and his brother. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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