{"id":91025,"date":"2018-06-09T13:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renting-youre-lucky-to-have23-left-after-paying-the-bills-patrick-collinson\/"},"modified":"2018-06-09T13:05:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T06:05:08","slug":"renting-youre-lucky-to-have23-left-after-paying-the-bills-patrick-collinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renting-youre-lucky-to-have23-left-after-paying-the-bills-patrick-collinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Renting? You\u2019re lucky to have\u00a323 left after paying the bills | Patrick Collinson"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFor most private tenants, renting is not a lifestyle choice \u2013 it\u2019s the only option available to themHow much money do you need each week to enjoy a decent life, once the rent or mortgage, gas and electricity and food shop are seen to? Some cash for lunch at work. Maybe a weekly trip to the cinema or pub, the occasional restaurant visit, while putting money aside for an annual holiday. Yet shocking figures from Nationwide reveal that a third of people privately renting in the UK \u2013 that army of workers paying off the mortgages of other, richer, people \u2013 have just \u00a323 left to spend each week.Nationwide\u2019s analysis of the private rental market blows the whistle on the ludicrous claim from buy-to-let merchants that people choose to rent and that they enjoy a jaunty iPhone-and-avocado-on-toast lifestyle. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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For most private tenants, renting is not a lifestyle choice \u2013 it\u2019s the only option...<\/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-91025","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-nG9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133579,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/number-of-households-renting-has-more-than-doubled-since-2001-census-reveals\/","url_meta":{"origin":91025,"position":0},"title":"Number of households renting has more than doubled since 2001, census reveals","date":"January 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Figure highlights rise of generation rent over two decades in England and Wales, as home ownership declinesThe scale of the rise of generation rent has been laid bare by the 2021 census that reveals the number of households renting has more than doubled in the last two decades in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":144403,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bailiff-evictions-of-renting-households-at-six-year-high-says-moj\/","url_meta":{"origin":91025,"position":1},"title":"Bailiff evictions of renting households at six-year high, says MoJ","date":"May 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Protesters call for rent controls as 2,682 households evicted in first quarter of 2024 in England and WalesBailiffs are evicting more renting households than at any time in the last six years, the Ministry of Justice has said, as protesters chanted for rent controls outside the HQ of Britain\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101684,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/at-55-my-brother-said-i-was-too-old-to-get-a-mortgage\/","url_meta":{"origin":91025,"position":2},"title":"At 55, my brother said I was too old to get a mortgage","date":"November 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r He also said the government\u2019s help-to-buy scheme was only for younger peopleQ I would like to know if I am eligible for the help-to-buy scheme. 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