{"id":64437,"date":"2017-08-23T21:33:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T14:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-are-your-experiences-of-the-housing-market-as-a-bme-person\/"},"modified":"2017-08-23T22:12:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T15:12:11","slug":"what-are-your-experiences-of-the-housing-market-as-a-bme-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-are-your-experiences-of-the-housing-market-as-a-bme-person\/","title":{"rendered":"What are your experiences of the housing market as a BME person?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWe\u2019d like to understand the factors affecting you and explore statistics showing people from BME backgrounds are less likely to own their homeHouse prices are still going up around the UK, and despite low mortgage rates increasing numbers of people are locked out of the property market. The problem is particularly acute for ethnic minorities, with figures showing those from BME backgrounds are much less likely to be homeowners than white Britons.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/aug\/23\/what-are-your-experiences-of-the-housing-market-as-a-bme-person\" target=\"_blank\">What are your experiences of the housing market as a BME person?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; We\u2019d like to understand the factors affecting you and explore statistics showing people from BME&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-gLj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45816,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bme-career-progression-could-add-24bn-a-year-to-uk-economy\/","url_meta":{"origin":64437,"position":0},"title":"BME career progression &#039;could add \u00a324bn a year to UK economy&#039;","date":"February 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Review of race in the workplace makes economic as well as moral case for more diverse workforcesHelping black and minority ethnic (BME) people to progress in their careers at the same rate as their white counterparts could add \u00a324bn to UK economy each year, a government-backed review has found.The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22494,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/millions-of-britons-paying-ethnic-minority-penalty-for-car-insurance\/","url_meta":{"origin":64437,"position":1},"title":"Millions of Britons paying \u2018ethnic minority penalty\u2019 for car insurance","date":"August 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Drivers in areas with high density of minority ethnic households are each charged up to \u00a3450 a year more, says studyMillions of people living in areas with a high density of minority ethnic households are paying an \u201cethnic penalty\u201d of up to \u00a3450 a year each in higher car\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":59088,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/looking-for-affordable-rents-in-hong-kong-try-co-living-space\/","url_meta":{"origin":64437,"position":2},"title":"Looking for affordable rents in Hong Kong? 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