{"id":51288,"date":"2017-04-08T00:38:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T17:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/its-no-longer-just-london-now-britain-is-encircled-by-the-property-sharks-deborah-orr\/"},"modified":"2017-04-08T00:49:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T17:49:50","slug":"its-no-longer-just-london-now-britain-is-encircled-by-the-property-sharks-deborah-orr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/its-no-longer-just-london-now-britain-is-encircled-by-the-property-sharks-deborah-orr\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s no longer just London: now Britain is encircled by the property sharks | Deborah Orr"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOnce the capital was the prime target for foreign speculators, now it\u2019s all our major cities. We could have stopped them, but we didn\u2019tA single generation transformed London into a capital where no person with normal resources could hope to own a modest home. It transformed London into a city where young people couldn\u2019t start their careers, unless they had parents who could help them out. It transformed London into a place where every flat was in a block of \u201cluxury apartments\u201d, its price arranged in some weird dimension that had absolutely no connection to the wages paid at the coffee shop on the ground floor. Related: Don\u2019t blame foreign investors \u2013 the roots of the housing crisis lie closer to home | David Madden Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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