{"id":80134,"date":"2018-02-16T19:15:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T12:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-keep-wondering-who-can-afford-these-new-builds-your-best-comments-today\/"},"modified":"2018-02-16T20:03:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T13:03:12","slug":"i-keep-wondering-who-can-afford-these-new-builds-your-best-comments-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-keep-wondering-who-can-afford-these-new-builds-your-best-comments-today\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;I keep wondering who can afford these new-builds&#039;: your best comments today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWe look at some of the stories provoking conversation today, including huge drops in homeownership, and Marvel comic\u2019s Black PantherA new study which shows chances of a young adult on a middle income owning a home in the UK have more than halved in the past two decades has dominated discussion among our readers today. An interview with Marvel comic\u2019s Black Panther Chadwick Boseman and an idea for a tax on Amazon, Facebook and Apple that could pay for UK universal basic income have also got people talking. To join in the conversation you can click on the links in the comments below to expand and add your thoughts. We\u2019ll continue to highlight more comments worth reading as the day goes on. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/community\/2018\/feb\/16\/i-keep-wondering-who-can-afford-these-new-builds-your-best-comments-today\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;I keep wondering who can afford these new-builds&#8217;: your best comments today<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; We look at some of the stories provoking conversation today, including huge drops in homeownership,&#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-80134","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-kQu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":124701,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/new-builds-and-new-rules-will-help-the-uks-trapped-renters-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":80134,"position":0},"title":"New-builds and new rules will help the UK\u2019s trapped renters | Letters","date":"February 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Keeley-Jasmine Cavendish calls for a mass construction programme for social housing, while Dr Sue Roberts would like to limit homeownership to local people and David Critchlow says the obstacle to progress is Tory ideologyI read with interest your editorial (21 February) regarding buy-to-let landlords and the injustice faced by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":121830,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-should-be-boring-and-cheap-developer-explains-his-success\/","url_meta":{"origin":80134,"position":1},"title":"\u2018Housing should be boring\u2026 and cheap\u2019 \u2013 developer explains his success","date":"September 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Pocket Living boss explains why his business model of building smaller flats is ideal for the UK housing crisisProperty developer Marc Vlessing says he would be happy to be put out of a job. 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