{"id":9274,"date":"2015-09-12T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/as-migrants-fill-his-properties-fergus-wilson-puts-up-rents-by-33\/"},"modified":"2016-03-28T19:49:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T12:49:22","slug":"as-migrants-fill-his-properties-fergus-wilson-puts-up-rents-by-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/as-migrants-fill-his-properties-fergus-wilson-puts-up-rents-by-33\/","title":{"rendered":"As migrants fill his properties, Fergus Wilson puts up rents by 33%"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBut landlord has \u2018concern\u2019 for low-income Maidstone-born people who are priced outFergus Wilson, Britain\u2019s most controversial buy-to-let landlord, is increasing rents across his 900 houses in Kent by up to 33% and filling his properties with eastern European migrants \u2013 while at the same time saying that Britain is heading for a \u201chousing disaster\u201d.Wilson told Guardian Money that when he let a three-bed mid-terrace home in Maidstone, Kent, last weekend, he managed to hike the rent from \u00a3900 a month to \u00a31,200. Most of the demand, he says, is from migrants who are willing to pay higher rents than other local residents. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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