{"id":52726,"date":"2017-04-24T17:30:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T10:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ultra-low-mortgage-rates-arent-a-bonus-theyre-a-sign-of-a-bubble-jonn-elledge\/"},"modified":"2017-04-24T17:36:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T10:36:21","slug":"ultra-low-mortgage-rates-arent-a-bonus-theyre-a-sign-of-a-bubble-jonn-elledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ultra-low-mortgage-rates-arent-a-bonus-theyre-a-sign-of-a-bubble-jonn-elledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-low mortgage rates aren\u2019t a bonus \u2013 they\u2019re a sign of a bubble | Jonn Elledge"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOlder generations complain of interest rates that reached 17%. But today\u2019s record lows have contributed to house prices soaring out of reach of the youngIf you\u2019ve ever made the mistake of trying to debate generational inequality with a baby boomer \u2013 by pointing out, say, that they benefited from cheap housing, generous welfare and free university places, before voting consistently for governments that have denied those things to their children, all the while calling millennials lazy and entitled in an infuriatingly faux-indulgent way, as if their kids\u2019 requests that their salaries bear some sort of relation to their actual living costs makes them the sort of spoiled divas who\u2019d call a gold-plated Uber to take them to the lavatory … Related: Higher interest rates. Great idea. Here\u2019s why it won\u2019t happen Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Ultra-low mortgage rates aren\u2019t a bonus \u2013 they\u2019re a sign of a bubble | Jonn Elledge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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