{"id":75453,"date":"2017-12-29T23:30:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T16:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-romford-east-london-they-know-how-to-have-a-good-time\/"},"modified":"2017-12-30T00:03:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T17:03:39","slug":"lets-move-to-romford-east-london-they-know-how-to-have-a-good-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-romford-east-london-they-know-how-to-have-a-good-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Romford, east London: \u2018They know how to have a good time\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\n\u2018Historic market town\u2019 is stretching the point, but this is a great place to partyWhat\u2019s going for it? Not, you\u2019d think, the most obvious place in which to see in the new year. (Though with the year we\u2019ve had, who cares?) But you\u2019d be wrong. Romford, as anyone who has been there on a Friday night knows, has the capital\u2019s largest night-time economy outside central London. They know how to have a\u00a0good time, and I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll be having one tomorrow night. The centre is comprised of 33% J\u00e4gerbombs, 20% tequila slammers, 17% swaying vigorously to Dancing Queen, 15% \u201cI love you, mate\u201d and 15% regrets. The rest is bricks and mortar. Not very beautiful bricks and mortar, but, like much of life, better-looking at 11pm with four pints inside you. In the cruel light of morning, though, Romford has much to comfort a\u00a0hangover: a fabulous market, great property (oh, Gidea Park!) and a bright future at one end of the Elizabeth line.The case against The sign says \u201chistoric market town\u201d, but that\u2019s stretching the definition. Not the most diverse part of London: solidly Conservative, it saw one of the country\u2019s highest leave votes. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/dec\/29\/lets-move-romford-east-london\" target=\"_blank\">Let\u2019s move to Romford, east London: \u2018They know how to have a good time\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; \u2018Historic market town\u2019 is stretching the point, but this is a great place to partyWhat\u2019s&#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-75453","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-jCZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16718,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-can-only-afford-a-shared-ownership-property-can-i-buy-it-to-let\/","url_meta":{"origin":75453,"position":0},"title":"I can only afford a shared-ownership property \u2013 can I buy it to let?","date":"June 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I hope to buy a property outright on the shared-ownership scheme, and rent it out for a few years until I am ready to move inQ I have a question about mortgages. 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